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grind

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

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

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

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

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

Synonyms:

• ablate,
• abrade,
• abrase,
• aculeate,
• acuminate,
• afflict,
• agonize,
• ail,
• application,
• atomize,
• badger,
• barb,
• bark,
• beast of burden,
• beat,
• beat down,
• beaten path,
• belch,
• bibliolater,
• bibliolatrist,
• bibliomane,
• bibliomaniac,
• bibliophage,
• bibliophile,
• bibliophilist,
• bite,
• blare,
• blat,
• bone,
• boning,
• booklover,
• bookworm,
• brainwork,
• bray,
• break,
• break into pieces,
• break to pieces,
• break up,
• brecciate,
• browbeat,
• bulldoze,
• bully,
• bureaucracy,
• bureaucratism,
• burn,
• burr,
• buzz,
• cackle,
• castrate,
• caw,
• chafe,
• champ,
• chaw,
• chew,
• chew the cud,
• chew up,
• chinoiserie,
• chirr,
• chomp,
• chore,
• churn out,
• clamp down on,
• clang,
• clangor,
• clank,
• clash,
• coerce,
• comminute,
• compel,
• con,
• conning,
• contemplate,
• contemplation,
• contriturate,
• convulse,
• cow,
• cram,
• cramming,
• crash,
• craunch,
• croak,
• crucify,
• crumb,
• crumble,
• crump,
• crunch,
• crush,
• cuspidate,
• cut,
• cut to pieces,
• daily grind,
• daunt,
• demolish,
• despotize,
• diffuse,
• dig,
• dirty work,
• disintegrate,
• disperse,
• disrupt,
• distress,
• domineer,
• domineer over,
• donkeywork,
• drill,
• drudge,
• drudgery,
• edge,
• elucubrate,
• emery,
• employment,
• engrossment,
• enslave,
• erase,
• erode,
• examine,
• excruciate,
• exercise,
• exertion,
• extensive study,
• fag,
• failing student,
• fatigue,
• fester,
• file,
• fission,
• flour,
• fragment,
• fray,
• frazzle,
• fret,
• gall,
• galley slave,
• generate,
• give pain,
• gnash,
• gnaw,
• gnaw away,
• go over,
• grain,
• granulate,
• granulize,
• grate,
• graze,
• greasy grind,
• grind down,
• grind to powder,
• grinding,
• gripe,
• grit,
• groan,
• groove,
• growl,
• grub,
• grumble,
• gum,
• hack,
• hammer,
• hammer away,
• handiwork,
• handwork,
• harass,
• harrow,
• harry,
• headwork,
• hector,
• henpeck,
• hone,
• hound,
• hurt,
• ill-treat,
• industry,
• inflame,
• inflict pain,
• inspection,
• intimidate,
• irritate,
• jangle,
• jar,
• jog trot,
• keep down,
• keep under,
• kill by inches,
• labor,
• lacerate,
• levigate,
• lick,
• lick of work,
• lord it over,
• lucubrate,
• lucubration,
• make mincemeat of,
• maltreat,
• manual labor,
• martyr,
• martyrize,
• mash,
• masticate,
• mental labor,
• mill,
• mince,
• moil,
• mouth,
• muck,
• mugger,
• mumble,
• munch,
• nibble,
• nip,
• oilstone,
• oppress,
• overachiever,
• overawe,
• overbear,
• overmaster,
• override,
• pace,
• pain,
• peg,
• peg away,
• persecute,
• perusal,
• peruse,
• pestle,
• philobiblist,
• pierce,
• pinch,
• plague,
• plod,
• plodder,
• plug,
• plug along,
• plug away,
• plugging,
• plunge into,
• point,
• polish,
• pore over,
• pound,
• pound away,
• powder,
• practice,
• press heavy on,
• prick,
• produce,
• prolong the agony,
• pulverize,
• pumice,
• put to torture,
• rack,
• rankle,
• rasp,
• rat race,
• raze,
• read,
• reading,
• red tape,
• red-tapeism,
• reduce to powder,
• regard studiously,
• repress,
• reset,
• restudy,
• restudying,
• review,
• ride over,
• ride roughshod over,
• rote,
• round,
• routine,
• rub,
• rub away,
• rub off,
• rub out,
• ruminate,
• run,
• rut,
• sand,
• sandblast,
• sandpaper,
• scatter,
• scour,
• scranch,
• scrape,
• scratch,
• scrub,
• scrunch,
• scuff,
• scut work,
• set,
• shard,
• sharpen,
• shatter,
• shiver,
• shred,
• skin,
• slave,
• slavery,
• slog,
• slogger,
• smash,
• smash up,
• smooth,
• snarl,
• snore,
• spadework,
• spiculate,
• splinter,
• spur,
• squash,
• squirrel cage,
• squish,
• stab,
• sting,
• strap,
• stroke,
• stroke of work,
• strop,
• study,
• studying,
• subdue,
• subject,
• subjugate,
• suppress,
• sweat,
• swot,
• swotter,
• swotting,
• taper,
• task,
• terrorize,
• tiresome work,
• toil,
• torment,
• torture,
• track,
• trample down,
• trample upon,
• travail,
• tread down,
• tread upon,
• treadmill,
• triturate,
• turn out,
• twang,
• tweak,
• twist,
• tyrannize,
• tyrannize over,
• underachiever,
• unman,
• vet,
• wade through,
• walk all over,
• walk over,
• wear,
• wear away,
• wear down,
• weigh heavy on,
• well-worn groove,
• whet,
• wide reading,
• work,
• work away,
• workhorse,
• wound,
• wring