All grind synonyms
grind
G g verb grind
- persecute β to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- hound β Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- pulverise β to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- mince β to cut or chop into very small pieces.
- break up β When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
- oppress β to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- tyrannise β to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- triturate β to reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize.
- levigate β to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- roll out β a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- hold down β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
noun grind
adjective grind
- go-go β ALPS
- cut and dried β If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
- on the go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- hard-working β industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- in full swing β to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- grinder β a person or thing that grinds.
- workaday β of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- weariless β unwearying; tireless: a weariless vigil.
- unweary β physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- whitebread β any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- tireless β untiring; indefatigable: a tireless worker.
- ball of fire β a very lively person
- run of the mill β merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- hyper β overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- usual β habitual or customary: her usual skill.
- industrious β working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- fireball β Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860β1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- white-bread β pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois: a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.
- diligent β constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.
- untiring β tireless, indefatigable
- undeterred β to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- unwearied β not wearied; not fatigued.
- garden variety β common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.