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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, 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, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swotgrind, 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, pulverisationcrunch, 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, drudgegrate, grindverb
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
"grate one's teeth in anger"
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dig, craunch, 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, 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, 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?
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
I think the trend is going to be what we've seen through this year, it's going to be grind higher then be knocked down, then grind a little higher and be knocked down.
The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win. And in truth, 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.
Listen, when you win, folks are worried you’re going to leave, when you’re losing, they’re packing your bags. … Look, Auburn is a fabulous place and it’s been the best place that I’ve ever been where I can develop players. It’s a small college town, kids come here to grind, they’re around other student-athletes that are trying to grind and we’re about an hour and half from Atlanta. As you know Jay, there are a lot of good players in Atlanta.
Now National Public Radio've got Republicans in a position where it's not enough for them simply to grind the wheels of Congress to a halt and then blame me.
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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