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

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1. • Create
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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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1. Cam Davis:

   I’m looking forward to seeing my family and celebrating back in Seattle next week and recharging a little bit because this week is already a bit of a grind to get through, i’m pretty tired. It’ll be nice to relax.

2. Chris Koster:

   Our state's future will be better if we support solid wage growth for everyone, and resist the temptation to grind down specific groups.

3. Jon Rahm:

   A lot of it honestly, is the short game. It's hard to hit all the fairways. It's hard to hit all the greens. You have to grind out the pars and make the best of the few birdie putts you have.

4. Michael Phelps:

   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.

5. Tom Brady:

   I just felt like we needed to grind it out all night, we couldn't take our foot off the gas pedal, we were playing a great football team.