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Synonyms for Grind
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweebnoun
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Synonyms:
pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, nerd, plodding, grind, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swotgrindnoun
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
"a coarse grind of coffee"
Synonyms:
pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swotdrudgery, plodding, grind, donkeyworknoun
hard monotonous routine work
Synonyms:
pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, plod, nerd, plodding, grind, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swotgrind, mill, pulverization, pulverisationverb
the act of grinding to a powder or dust
Synonyms:
drudgery, factory, grind, plodding, nerd, dweeb, mill, manufacturing plant, powder, pulverization, grinder, swot, manufactory, milling machinery, wonk, donkeywork, pulverisationcrunch, cranch, craunch, grindverb
press or grind with a crushing noise
Synonyms:
dig, craunch, scranch, travail, cranch, labour, grind, comminute, munch, crackle, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, mash, moil, scraunch, drudgegrate, grindverb
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
"grate one's teeth in anger"
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dig, craunch, grind, travail, rankle, cranch, fret, eat into, labour, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, scrape, mash, comminute, moil, drudgelabor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Synonyms:
compass, comminute, tug, boil, roil, toil, grind, dig, craunch, drudge, moil, dig up, tire, wear out, poke, cut into, crunch, churn, cranch, jab, grasp, weary, prod, jade, tire out, wear upon, fatigue, travail, delve, get the picture, drive, hollow, stab, apprehend, outwear, comprehend, turn over, excavate, labor, mash, wear down, savvy, push, grok, wear, bray, dig out, grate, fag out, labourgrindverb
dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
Synonyms:
labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminutegrind, mash, crunch, bray, comminuteverb
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
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flirt, craunch, crackle, dig, travail, squelch, cranch, dally, labour, coquet, chat up, romance, comminute, crush, coquette, scraunch, butterfly, scranch, squeeze, munch, grind, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, hee-haw, mash, squash, moil, philander, drudgegrindverb
created by grinding
"grind designs into the glass bowl"
Synonyms:
labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminutegrindverb
shape or form by grinding
"grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
Synonyms:
labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminute
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
grindnoun
Synonyms:
grinding, pulverization, (Slang) drudgery, (Slang) diggrindverb
Synonyms:
crush, powder, pulverize, comminute, bruise, bray, triturate, levigate, harass, persecute, oppress
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#737 | drive | |
#1778 | stand | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2664 | wear | |
#2920 | factory | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3394 | slide | |
#3526 | labour | |
#3587 | push | |
#3681 | romance | |
#4898 | mill | |
#5110 | slip | |
#5200 | powder | |
#6587 | tire | |
#7213 | butterfly | |
#7788 | dig | |
#8275 | bind | |
#9566 | hollow | |
#9715 | jade | |
#10055 | fatigue | |
#10647 | compass | |
#11614 | squash | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12576 | prod | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#13468 | savvy | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#15427 | grind | |
#15633 | boil | |
#16201 | grinder | |
#18373 | milling | |
#18579 | flirt | |
#18732 | crunch | |
#19711 | stab | |
#19799 | weary | |
#19892 | nerd | |
#20204 | mash | |
#20230 | tug | |
#20854 | poke | |
#21181 | comprehend | |
#21203 | bray | |
#25036 | drudge | |
#27090 | fret | |
#29951 | travail | |
#31630 | jab | |
#32424 | scrape | |
#32436 | munch | |
#32581 | churn | |
#33184 | grate | |
#34141 | delve | |
#35150 | toil | |
#42470 | crackle | |
#44923 | swot | |
#53441 | apprehend | |
#62045 | squelch | |
#64307 | grok | |
#68871 | refinish | |
#72666 | drudgery | |
#74557 | wonk | |
#74734 | manufactory | |
#76481 | excavate | |
#81209 | dally | |
#81303 | coquette | |
#81499 | plodding | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#99967 | plod | |
#124580 | philander | |
#135246 | dweeb | |
#159353 | cranch | |
#162209 | outwear | |
#176771 | roil | |
#201455 | pulverize | |
#228775 | coquet | |
#239454 | moil | |
#249874 | rankle | |
#313177 | pulverization |
How to use Grind in a sentence?
I'm not going to lie, I am running on fumes — but we have to grind it out. This is what we signed up for. It wasn't easy, but we got the win.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
We’re going from what had been a very catalyst-heavy period over the last few weeks to a catalyst light period... expect to see the market grind sideways, perhaps slightly higher as we look ahead to what the Federal Reserve might deliver at Jackson Hole.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:
In recent years the Republican leader and Republican senators have done everything possible to grind the will of the government to a halt, but now we're seeing something from the Republican leader that is far worse than his usual brand of obstruction. We're seeing an unprecedented attempt to hold hostage an entire branch of government.
The resistance was fierce. The enemy even had armored personnel carriers, it's good to grind down the enemy.
Translations for Grind
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- طحنArabic
- раздробявамBulgarian
- moldreCatalan, Valencian
- mlít, brousit, vrtět, drtitCzech
- млѣтиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- zermahlen, mahlen, schleifen, grindenGerman
- άλεσμα, αλέθωGreek
- pulir, moler, molienda, rutinaSpanish
- karkeus, hioa, jauhatus, hetkuttaa, jauhaa, keinuttaaFinnish
- pulvériser, broyer, moudreFrench
- meilScottish Gaelic
- moerGalician
- לטחוןHebrew
- पिसनाHindi
- zúz, darál, morzsol, őröl, köszörülHungarian
- աղալArmenian
- macinareItalian
- 磨ぐ, 挽くJapanese
- დაფქვაGeorgian
- maltLatvian
- oroMāori
- verpulveren, vermalen, malen, karwei, schurenDutch
- raspe, kverne, rive, male, skrapeNorwegian
- mòlerOccitan
- mleć, ścieraćPolish
- rebolar, moerPortuguese
- allpayachiyQuechua
- molerRomansh
- pisa, măcinaRomanian
- отшлифова́ть, моло́ть, толо́чь, шлифова́тьRussian
- molereSardinian
- mlieťSlovak
- nöta, malaSwedish
- บดThai
- öğütmek, bilemekTurkish
- grainönVolapük
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