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grind

/ˈɡɹaɪnd/noun, verb1 syllable

Grind means: work hard.

Synonyms for grind27

noun, as in an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb

noun, as in hard monotonous routine work

drudgery, plodding, donkeywork

noun, as in the act of grinding to a powder or dust

mill, pulverization, pulverisation

verb, as in work hard

labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil

verb, as in reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

mash, crunch, bray, comminute

verb, as in press or grind with a crushing noise

crunch, cranch, craunch

verb, as in make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

grate

also used for grind

chore, grindadráp

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What does grind mean?11

verb

1

work hard“She was digging away at her math homework”

2

reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading“grind the spices in a mortar”

3

press or grind with a crushing noise

4

make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together“grate one's teeth in anger”

5

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

6

created by grinding“grind designs into the glass bowl”

7

shape or form by grinding“grind lenses for glasses and cameras”

noun

1

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

2

hard monotonous routine work

3

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

4

the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground“a coarse grind of coffee”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with grind?34

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All 34 rhymes for grind, grouped by syllable

Grind in a sentence

  • Don't buy ground cinnamon, grind it yourself before using.erikspen
  • The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.Adelpa
  • Mame uses a coffee mill to grind coffee beans.Scott
  • My grandfather uses a mill to grind pepper.tieguy
  • He who buries his head in the sand today will grind his teeth tomorrow.MUIRIEL
  • I grind my own coffee beans every morning.Source_VOA
  • My grandfather is using a mill to grind the pepper.tieguy
  • He claims that he has no ax to grind with him.ulyssemc1

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of grind

as a noun

plural
grinds

as a verb

past tense
ground
past participle
ground
present participle
grinding
third-person singular
grinds