Synonyms for grind
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1. grind

   Synonyms:
   bind, chafe, slide, slip, stand, stick

   Antonyms:
   revolve, roll, rotate, turn

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1. grind

   Synonyms:
   crush, pulverize

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1. swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweebnoun

   an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

   Synonyms:
   pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swot

2. grindnoun

   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, swot

3. drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeyworknoun

   hard monotonous routine work

   Synonyms:
   pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, plod, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swot

4. grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisationverb

   the act of grinding to a powder or dust

   Synonyms:
   drudgery, factory, plodding, nerd, dweeb, mill, manufacturing plant, powder, pulverization, grinder, swot, manufactory, milling machinery, wonk, donkeywork, pulverisation

5. crunch, cranch, craunch, grindverb

   press or grind with a crushing noise

   Synonyms:
   dig, craunch, scranch, travail, cranch, labour, comminute, munch, crackle, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, mash, moil, scraunch, drudge

6. grate, grindverb

   make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

   "grate one's teeth in anger"

   Synonyms:
   dig, craunch, travail, rankle, cranch, fret, eat into, labour, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, scrape, mash, comminute, moil, drudge

7. labor, 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, 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, labour

8. grindverb

   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, comminute

9. grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminuteverb

   reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

   "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

   Synonyms:
   flirt, craunch, crackle, dig, travail, squelch, cranch, dally, labour, coquet, chat up, romance, comminute, crush, coquette, scraunch, butterfly, scranch, squeeze, munch, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, hee-haw, mash, squash, moil, philander, drudge

10. grindverb

    created by grinding

    "grind designs into the glass bowl"

    Synonyms:
    labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminute

11. grindverb

    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

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1. • Create
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1. grindverb

   Synonyms:
   triturate, pulverize, bruise, bray, CRAZE, comminute by attrition

2. grindverb

   Synonyms:
   sharpen (by rubbing)

3. grindverb

   Synonyms:
   grate, rub together

4. grindverb

   Synonyms:
   oppress, harass, persecute, plague, trouble, afflict, be hard upon

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1. grindnoun

   Synonyms:
   grinding, pulverization, (Slang) drudgery, (Slang) dig

2. grindverb

   Synonyms:
   crush, powder, pulverize, comminute, bruise, bray, triturate, levigate, harass, persecute, oppress

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1. List of paraphrases for "grind":

   milling, crush, refinish

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1. Rory McIlroy:

   Walking from 14 green to 15 tee, I said to Brooks, 'Let's just make a couple birdies on the way in, try and get something out of it,' luckily, I was sort of able to do that. But it was tough. When nothing is going your way and you don't really have anything to feed off, you don't see many good shots and guys ... we're all struggling. It was a grind out there. We'll all go home and put our feet up and get ready for tomorrow.

2. Liam Hendriks:

   Obviously, going in the first game, it was like ‘How are you feeling?’ the first game I didn't feel great. It was a little bit of a grind. Game 2, I was able to have a little better location, a little better feel.

3. Elvis Picardo:

   It's been a big turnaround in sentiment, even if the markets may grind their way higher, you can expect a great deal of volatility in the months ahead.

4. Officer James Cornelius:

   Find your why, stick with it and grind it out.

5. Ali Zaidi:

   You definitely have your caffeine withdrawal period, but in seriousness, you know, this is a month that really pushes you to forge community. It’s very easy when you’re in the 24/7 grind to lose a sense of the people that surround us and strengthen us. This is an opportunity to reach out to them. It’s really a month that’s oriented towards service.