| VERB | contact | grind, crunch, cranch, craunch | press or grind with a crushing noise |
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| contact | grind, grate | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | |
| social | grind, labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil | work hard | |
| motion | grind | 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 | |
| change | grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | |
| creation | grind | created by grinding | |
| creation | grind | shape or form by grinding | |
| NOUN | person | grind, swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb | an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious |
| attribute | grind | the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground | |
| act | grind, drudgery, plodding, donkeywork | hard monotonous routine work | |
| act | grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
| Sounds | gray'nd | |
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| Rhymes | affined ... wind: 39 rhymes with aynd... | |
| Meaning | An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious. | |
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| Synonyms | swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb | |
| Broader | learner, scholar, assimilator | someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs |
| Spanish | empollón, nerd, tragalibros | |
| Verbs | grind | work hard |
| Meaning | The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground. | |
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| Example | "a coarse grind of coffee" | |
| Broader | degree, grade, level | A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality |
| Meaning | Hard monotonous routine work. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | drudgery, plodding, donkeywork | |
| Broader | labor, labour, toil | Productive work (especially physical work done for wages) |
| Spanish | ajetreo, donkeywork, hueso, trabajo duro, tráfago, yugo | |
| Catalan | afany, donkeywork, feina monòtona, treball feixuc | |
| Verbs | grind | work hard |
| Meaning | The act of grinding to a powder or dust. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | mill, pulverization, pulverisation | |
| Broader | crush, crunch, compaction | The act of crushing |
| Spanish | molienda, pulverización, trituración | |
| Catalan | mòlta, pulverització | |
| Verbs | grind | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
| grind | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | |
| grind | press or grind with a crushing noise | |
| Meaning | Press or grind with a crushing noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | crunch, cranch, craunch | |
| Broader | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
| See also | grind down | rule a country as a tyrant |
| Spanish | moler, triturar | |
| Catalan | triturar | |
| Nouns | grind | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
| Meaning | make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | grate | |
| Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Narrower | chew, masticate, manducate, jaw | chew (food) |
| gnash | grind together, of teeth | |
| Broader | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
| Spanish | moler, rallar | |
| Catalan | moldre, molinar, ratllar | |
| Nouns | grind | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
| grinding | a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) | |
| Meaning | Work hard. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil | |
| Broader | work, do work | Be employed |
| Spanish | afanarse, fatigarse, trabajar duro | |
| Nouns | grind | hard monotonous routine work |
| grind | an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | |
| Meaning | 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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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | They grind | |
| Broader | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | Move in a pattern |
| Catalan | ballar eròticament | |
| Meaning | Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "grind the spices in a mortar" | |
| Synonyms | mash, crunch, bray, comminute | |
| Narrower | mill | grind with a mill |
| pestle | grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar | |
| pulp | Reduce to pulp | |
| Broader | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
| Spanish | aplastar, dilacerar, machacar, majar, moler, picar | |
| Catalan | capolar, moldre, molinar, picolar, triturar | |
| Nouns | grind | the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
| grinder | machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing | |
| grinder | grinding tooth with a broad crown | |
| grinding | material resulting from the process of grinding | |
| grinding | the wearing down of rock / rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | |
| Meaning | Created by grinding. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "grind designs into the glass bowl" | |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Meaning | Shape or form by grinding. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" | |
| Broader | shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge | make something, usually for a specific function |
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