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1. grind - noun

· an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Synonym(s): swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb

Hypernym(s): learner, scholar, assimilator




2. grind - noun

· the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee"

Hypernym(s): degree, grade, level




3. grind - noun

· hard monotonous routine work

Synonym(s): drudgery, plodding, donkeywork

Hypernym(s): labor, labour, toil




4. grind - noun

· the act of grinding to a powder or dust

Synonym(s): mill, pulverization, pulverisation

Hypernym(s): crush, crunch, compaction




5. grind - verb

· press or grind with a crushing noise

Synonym(s): crunch, cranch, craunch

Hypernym(s): press




6. grind - verb

· make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

Synonym(s): grate

Hypernym(s): break_up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise




7. grind - verb

· work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

Synonym(s): labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil

Hypernym(s): work, do_work




8. grind - verb

· 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

Hypernym(s): dance, trip_the_light_fantastic, trip_the_light_fantastic_toe




9. grind - verb

· reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

Synonym(s): mash, crunch, bray, comminute

Hypernym(s): break_up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise




10. grind - verb

· created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl"

Hypernym(s): make, create




11. grind - verb

· shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"

Hypernym(s): shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge





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