grind
1. the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- a coarse grind of coffee
• Hypernyms:
degree, grade, level
2. hard monotonous routine work
• Syn:
drudgery, plodding, donkeywork
• Derivationally related forms:
drudge (for: drudgery)
• Hypernyms:
labor, labour, toil
3. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
• Syn:
swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb
• Derivationally related forms:
swot (for: swot)
• Hypernyms:
learner, scholar, assimilator
4. the act of grinding to a powder or dust
• Syn:
mill, pulverization, pulverisation
• Derivationally related forms:
pulverise (for: pulverisation), pulverize (for: pulverization), mill (for: mill)
• Hypernyms:
crush, crunch, compaction
1. press or grind with a crushing noise (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
crunch, cranch, craunch
• See Also:
grind down
• Hypernyms:
press
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together (Freq. 3)
- grate one's teeth in anger
• Syn:
grate
• Derivationally related forms:
grinding
• Hypernyms:
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
• Hyponyms:
gnash, chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
• Entailment:
rub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. 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 (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- They grind
4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading (Freq. 1)
- grind the spices in a mortar
- mash the garlic
• Syn:
mash, crunch, bray, comminute
• Derivationally related forms:
crunch (for: crunch), mash (for: mash), masher (for: mash), grinder, grinding
• Hypernyms:
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
• Hyponyms:
pulp, pestle, mill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. work hard (Freq. 1)
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
• Syn:
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail,
drudge, dig, moil
• Derivationally related forms:
drudge (for: drudge), drudgery (for: drudge), travail (for: travail), toiler (for: toil), toil (for: toil), labour (for: labour), labourer (for: labour), labor (for: labor), laborer (for: labor)
• Hypernyms:
work, do work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
6. created by grinding
- grind designs into the glass bowl
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. shape or form by grinding
- grind lenses for glasses and cameras
• Hypernyms:
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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