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. Anthony Cirelli:

   Don’t get too high, don’t get too low, going through that last year, knowing the grind it was, helps us for sure for this run.

2. Rory McIlroy:

   Walking from 14 green to 15 tee, I said to Brooks, 'Let's just make a couple birdies on the way in, try and get something out of it,' luckily, I was sort of able to do that. But it was tough. When nothing is going your way and you don't really have anything to feed off, you don't see many good shots and guys ... we're all struggling. It was a grind out there. We'll all go home and put our feet up and get ready for tomorrow.

3. Post Malone:

   I'd say since the beginning of middle school, I always felt like I was always anxious and kind of sad all the time, but I kind of came out of it, being in Utah and being away from the grind and from everybody else and it's just me with my video games and cold one that feels good to me.

4. Peter Hiscock:

   It has a smooth surface, a high polish, that doesn’t occur naturally. It doesn’t occur by accident. Someone has to sit and grind the edge in order to make an axe.

5. Jon Rahm:

   You have to battle it. It's very difficult. When it starts raining, you start getting water on the club face and balls start being a little bit unpredictable, 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.