English

Detailed Synonyms for grind in English

grind:

to grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)

  1. to grind
    to grind
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
  2. to grind
    to grind; to whet; to sharpen; to strop
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
    • whet verb (whets, whetted, whetting)
    • sharpen verb (sharpens, sharpened, sharpening)
    • strop verb (strops, stropped, stropping)
  3. to grind
    to grind off; to grind
    • grind off verb (grinds off, ground off, grinding off)
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
  4. to grind
    – reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading 1
    to grind; to mash; to bray; comminute; crunch
    – reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading 1
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
      • grind the spices in a mortar1
    • mash verb (mashes, mashed, mashing)
      • mash the garlic1
    • bray verb (braies, brayed, braying)
    • comminute verb
    • crunch verb
  5. to grind
    – make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together 1
    to grind; to grate
    – make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together 1
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
    • grate verb (grates, grated, grating)
      • grate one's teeth in anger1
  6. to grind
    – press or grind with a crushing noise 1
    to grind; craunch; crunch; cranch
    – press or grind with a crushing noise 1
  7. to grind
    – shape or form by grinding 1
    to grind
    – shape or form by grinding 1
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
      • grind lenses for glasses and cameras1
  8. to grind
    – created by grinding 1
    to grind
    – created by grinding 1
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
      • grind designs into the glass bowl1
  9. to 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 1
    to 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 1
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
  10. to grind
    – work hard 1
    labour; to labor; to grind; to dig; to toil; to drudge; travail; fag; moil
    – work hard 1
    • labour verb, British
    • labor verb, American (labors, labored, laboring)
    • grind verb (grinds, ground, grinding)
    • dig verb (digs, dug, digging)
      • She was digging away at her math homework1
    • toil verb (toils, toiled, toiling)
    • drudge verb (drudges, drudged, drudging)
      • Lexicographers drudge all day long1
    • travail verb
    • fag verb
    • moil verb

Conjugations for grind:

present
  1. grind
  2. grind
  3. grinds
  4. grind
  5. grind
  6. grind
simple past
  1. ground
  2. ground
  3. ground
  4. ground
  5. ground
  6. ground
present perfect
  1. have ground
  2. have ground
  3. has ground
  4. have ground
  5. have ground
  6. have ground
past continuous
  1. was grinding
  2. were grinding
  3. was grinding
  4. were grinding
  5. were grinding
  6. were grinding
future
  1. shall grind
  2. will grind
  3. will grind
  4. shall grind
  5. will grind
  6. will grind
continuous present
  1. am grinding
  2. are grinding
  3. is grinding
  4. are grinding
  5. are grinding
  6. are grinding
subjunctive
  1. be ground
  2. be ground
  3. be ground
  4. be ground
  5. be ground
  6. be ground
diverse
  1. grind!
  2. let's grind!
  3. ground
  4. grinding
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

grind [the ~] noun

  1. the grind
    – the act of grinding to a powder or dust 1
    the grind; the mill; the pulverization; the pulverisation
    – the act of grinding to a powder or dust 1
  2. the grind
    – hard monotonous routine work 1
    the grind; the drudgery; the plodding; the donkeywork
    – hard monotonous routine work 1
  3. the grind
    – the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground 1
    the grind
    – the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground 1
    • grind [the ~] noun
      • a coarse grind of coffee1
  4. the grind
    – an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious 1
    the grind; the nerd; the swot; the dweeb; the wonk
    – an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious 1

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Related Definitions for "grind":

  1. the act of grinding to a powder or dust1
  2. hard monotonous routine work1
  3. the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground1
    • a coarse grind of coffee1
  4. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious1
  5. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading1
    • grind the spices in a mortar1
  6. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together1
  7. press or grind with a crushing noise1
  8. shape or form by grinding1
    • grind lenses for glasses and cameras1
  9. created by grinding1
    • grind designs into the glass bowl1
  10. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced1
  11. work hard1

Related Synonyms for grind