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

Matched Categories

1. • Create
   • Dance
   • Degree
   • Shape

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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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How to use grind in a sentence?

1. Vicente Lim:

   No great man will ever succeed in life if they do not grind their teeth and take the most dangerous path for the attainment of an end.

2. 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.

3. Max Bergmann:

   They've used their mass, their artillery assets, and( have been) pummeling Ukrainian forces while operating in a slow grind.

4. Toumba Mohamed:

   Our objective is the conquest of territory and the elimination of targets, so it's good to grind down the enemy in front of us.

5. Loretta Lynch:

   To ask me to have my FBI director or other members of the administration make personal guarantees would effectively grind the program to a halt.