All grind synonyms
grind
G g verb grind
- sharpen β knife: make sharper
- grate β a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- pulverize β to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- scrape β to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- crumble β If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- rub β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- pound β Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- granulate β to form into granules or grains.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- disintegrate β to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- bray β When a donkey brays, it makes a loud harsh sound.
- attenuate β To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- shiver β to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- powder β British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
- file β a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- mill β Arithmetic and Logic Unit
- rasp β to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
- atomize β to separate or be separated into free atoms
- crumple β If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
- abrade β To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- kibble β to grind or divide into particles or pellets, as coarse-ground meal or prepared dry dog food.
- comminute β to break (a bone) into several small fragments
- pestle β a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- grit β abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- whet β to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- smooth β free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- polish β to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- gnash β to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
- sand β George [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dΚΙrdΚ;; French ΚΙrΚ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804β76, French novelist.
- annoy β If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- afflict β If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- tyrannize β to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- harass β to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- plague β French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
noun grind
- chore β A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
- drudgery β menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- task β a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- travail β painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
- rote β the sound of waves breaking on the shore.
- treadmill β an apparatus for producing rotary motion by the weight of people or animals, treading on a succession of moving steps or a belt that forms a kind of continuous path, as around the periphery of a pair of horizontal cylinders.
- labor β productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- pace β a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- sweat β to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- routine β subroutine
- toil β Usually, toils. a net or series of nets in which game known to be in the area is trapped or into which game outside of the area is driven.
- moil β to work hard; drudge.
- groove β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- rut β the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.