Dictionary Entry
grind
grind is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
- 2transitive verb
To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.
- 3transitive verb
To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
- 4transitive verb
To study hard for examination.
- 5intransitive verb
To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.
- 6intransitive verb
To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.
- 7intransitive verb
To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.
- 8intransitive verb
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
- 9intransitive verb
To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
- 10noun
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- 11noun
Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
- 12noun
A hard student; a dig.
- 13noun
the act of grinding to a powder or dust
Synonyms
- 14noun
hard monotonous routine work
Synonyms
- 15noun
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
"a coarse grind of coffee"
- 16noun
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- 17verb
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
"grind the spices in a mortar"
"mash the garlic"
- 18verb
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
"grate one's teeth in anger"
Synonyms
- 19verb
press or grind with a crushing noise
- 20verb
shape or form by grinding
"grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
- 21verb
created by grinding
"grind designs into the glass bowl"
- 22verb
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
- 23verb
work hard
"She was digging away at her math homework"
"Lexicographers drudge all day long"
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