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Synonyms for grind
graɪnd
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Princeton's WordNet
swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb(noun)
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Synonyms:
pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swotgrind(noun)
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, donkeywork(noun)
hard monotonous routine work
Synonyms:
pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, plod, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swotgrind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation(verb)
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, grind(verb)
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, grind(verb)
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, moil(verb)
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, labourgrind(verb)
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, comminute(verb)
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, drudgegrind(verb)
created by grinding
"grind designs into the glass bowl"
Synonyms:
labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminutegrind(verb)
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
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
grind(n)
Synonyms:
grinding, pulverization, (Slang) drudgery, (Slang) diggrind(v)
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 mean I’ll go and swim from time to time just to kind of decompress and get away, but I don’t miss the grind of that. I mean, it’s probably easier than doing what I’m doing now, i would say training for the Olympics is easier than living a normal life where I’m outside of the pool most of the time.
When I appear in public, people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth paw the ground and swish my tail --- none of which is easy.
I'm optimistic that we can grind higher. I don't think we can sail higher, but we can grind higher, i think the reason we will is because as long as the market still thinks the Fed will raise rates that's a very positive signal for markets.
I feel like I'm coming along. I feel like I haven't been my very best playing self over the past year and a half, for different reasons. I think as you grow older you have figure out the best way to utilize not only your body but your skill. Playing on turf makes it a little more difficult because it's more of a grind, so to speak, but I do know that come June I'll be my fittest and hopefully be playing my very best soccer.
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.
Translations for grind
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- طحنArabic
- раздробявамBulgarian
- moldreCatalan, Valencian
- mlít, drtit, vrtět, brousitCzech
- млѣтиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- mahlen, zermahlen, grinden, schleifenGerman
- αλέθω, άλεσμαGreek
- pulir, moler, molienda, rutinaSpanish
- keinuttaa, hetkuttaa, jauhaa, hioa, karkeus, jauhatusFinnish
- pulvériser, moudre, broyerFrench
- meilScottish Gaelic
- moerGalician
- לטחוןHebrew
- morzsol, zúz, köszörül, őröl, darálHungarian
- աղալArmenian
- macinareItalian
- 磨ぐ, 挽くJapanese
- დაფქვაGeorgian
- maltLatvian
- oroMāori
- malen, verpulveren, schuren, vermalen, karweiDutch
- rive, male, skrape, raspe, kverneNorwegian
- mòlerOccitan
- ścierać, mlećPolish
- moer, rebolarPortuguese
- allpayachiyQuechua
- molerRomansh
- măcina, pisaRomanian
- толо́чь, шлифова́ть, моло́ть, отшлифова́тьRussian
- molereSardinian
- mlieťSlovak
- mala, nötaSwedish
- บดThai
- öğütmek, bilemekTurkish
- grainönVolapük
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