grind

Nouns

Verbs

  • (v) press or grind with a crushing noise cranch, craunch, crunch,
  • (v) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
    • grate one's teeth in anger
    grate,
  • (v) work hard
    • She was digging away at her math homework
    • Lexicographers drudge all day long
    drudge, labour, moil, toil, travail, fag, labor, dig,
  • (v) 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
  • (v) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
    • grind the spices in a mortar
    • mash the garlic
    comminute, bray, mash, crunch,
  • (v) created by grinding
    • grind designs into the glass bowl
  • (v) shape or form by grinding
    • grind lenses for glasses and cameras

Synonyms

dweeb nerd swot wonk cranch craunch crunch grate donkeywork drudgery plodding drudge labour moil toil travail fag labor dig pulverisation pulverization mill comminute bray mash

See also

grind down tyrannise tyrannize

Words of close approximity

grid grim grin grip Gris grit
Grias grief Grieg grill grime Grimm grimy griot gripe grist grits
grind away grind down Grindelia Grindelia robusta Grindelia squarrosa grinder grinding grinding wheel grindle grind organ grind out grindstone grind to a halt