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Grind

🔄 Synonyms of "Grind"

24 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
travailnoun	(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
digverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
millnoun	A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
gratenoun	(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
nerdnoun	(slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
swotnoun	(intransitive, slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) To study with effort or determination.
ploddingnoun	Progressing slowly and laboriously.
drudgerynoun	Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.
labornoun	(Australian politics, informal) The Australian Labor Party.
craunchverb	(transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
fagnoun	(US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
crunchnoun	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
wonknoun	(derogatory, informal) An overly studious person, particularly a student.
comminuteverb	(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.
pulverizationnoun	The act of pulverizing.
donkeyworknoun	Alternative form of donkey work. [(idiomatic) Work that is difficult, boring, and routine.]
cranchverb	Alternative form of craunch. [(transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.]
pulverisationnoun	Alternative spelling of pulverization. [The act of pulverizing.]
braynoun	(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
labournoun	An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
moilnoun	To toil, to work hard.
toilnoun	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Grind"

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Word	Definition
comminuteverb	(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.
pulverizationnoun	The act of pulverizing.
mashnoun	(uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
pulverisationnoun	Alternative spelling of pulverization. [The act of pulverizing.]
craunchverb	(transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
crunchnoun	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
gratenoun	(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
millnoun	A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
digverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
donkeyworknoun	Alternative form of donkey work. [(idiomatic) Work that is difficult, boring, and routine.]
braynoun	(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
moilnoun	To toil, to work hard.
labournoun	An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
toilnoun	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
travailnoun	(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
ploddingnoun	Progressing slowly and laboriously.
drudgerynoun	Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.
drudgenoun	(also attributively) A person who works in a low servile job.
cranchverb	Alternative form of craunch. [(transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.]
nerdnoun	(slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.