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Antonyms for grind
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, swotgrindnoun
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, swotdrudgery, plodding, grind, donkeyworknoun
hard monotonous routine work
Synonyms:
pulverization, donkeywork, pulverisation, wonk, plod, nerd, plodding, mill, dweeb, drudgery, swotgrind, mill, pulverization, pulverisationverb
the act of grinding to a powder or dust
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drudgery, factory, plodding, nerd, dweeb, mill, manufacturing plant, powder, pulverization, grinder, swot, manufactory, milling machinery, wonk, donkeywork, pulverisationcrunch, cranch, craunch, grindverb
press or grind with a crushing noise
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dig, craunch, scranch, travail, cranch, labour, comminute, munch, crackle, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, mash, moil, scraunch, drudgegrate, grindverb
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
"grate one's teeth in anger"
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dig, craunch, travail, rankle, cranch, fret, eat into, labour, grate, toil, bray, labor, crunch, scrape, mash, comminute, moil, drudgelabor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moilverb
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
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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, labourgrindverb
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
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labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminutegrind, mash, crunch, bray, comminuteverb
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
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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, drudgegrindverb
created by grinding
"grind designs into the glass bowl"
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labour, dig, crunch, labor, craunch, drudge, mash, cranch, toil, grate, travail, bray, moil, comminutegrindverb
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
grindnoun
Synonyms:
grinding, pulverization, (Slang) drudgery, (Slang) diggrindverb
Synonyms:
crush, powder, pulverize, comminute, bruise, bray, triturate, levigate, harass, persecute, oppress
How to use grind in a sentence?
They've used their mass, their artillery assets, and( have been) pummeling Ukrainian forces while operating in a slow grind.
Our state's future will be better if we support solid wage growth for everyone, and resist the temptation to grind down specific groups.
Fellow American Bronson Burgoon:
I don't know how I finished the way I did, i warmed up four times today. It was a grind out there. Obviously, Michael is playing really well. I was playing pretty good myself. So, I'll go get some rest and looking forward to tomorrow.
The resistance was fierce. The enemy even had armored personnel carriers, it's good to grind down the enemy.
We kind of did our best to play simple hockey and really just grind it out a little bit.
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