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Verb: grind (ground) grInd- Press or grind with a crushing noise
- crunch, cranch, craunch - Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- grate - Work hard
- labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil [N. Amer] - 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
- Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
"grind the spices in a mortar" - mash, crunch, bray [archaic], comminute - Create by grinding
"grind designs into the glass bowl" - Shape or form by grinding
"grind lenses for glasses and cameras" Noun: grind grInd- An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- swot [Brit], nerd, wonk [N. Amer], dweeb - The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
"a coarse grind of coffee" - Hard monotonous routine work
- drudgery, plodding, donkeywork - The act of grinding to a powder or dust
- mill, pulverization, pulverisation [Brit]
Derived forms: grinding, ground, grinds See also: grind down, grinder, grinding Type of: assimilator, break up, compaction, create, crunch, crush, dance, degree, do work, forge, form, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, grade, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], learner, level, make, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], press, scholar, shape, toil, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, work Encyclopedia: Grind |