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Synonyms for grind
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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. grind

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

    Antonyms:
    revolve, roll, rotate, turn

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. grind

    Synonyms:
    crush, pulverize

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 3 votes

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. grindnoun

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

  2. grindverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "grind":

    milling, crush, refinish

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How to use grind in a sentence?

  1. Annika Sorenstam in 2004:

    For her to continue, you need to have the hunger, the hunger to stay at the top, the hunger to keep on working, and the motivation to grind, and all the players are looking at you and trying to find flaws in your game or for you as a person and trying to pull you down.

  2. Fellow American Bronson Burgoon:

    I don't know how I finished the way I did, i warmed up four times today. It was a grind out there. Obviously, Michael is playing really well. I was playing pretty good myself. So, I'll go get some rest and looking forward to tomorrow.

  3. Vince Lombardi:

    I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I firmly believe that any man's finest hour-this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear--is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle -- victorious.

  4. Jayce Tingler:

    We know we have to do our job as a team. Nothing really changed as far as the game plan, we really had to stick to what we do best and that's grind out at-bats and play good defense behind our pitchers.

  5. Asbel Kiprop:

    My family and I are devastated. I am traumatized, the line of questioning I was subjected to earlier strongly suggested somebody had an axe to grind.


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