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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"
Synonyms:
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"
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, 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
ranking | word | |
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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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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