GRIND
Scrabble letter values: G2R1I1N1D2 = 7
Definition
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious. — synonyms: swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb
- noun the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground.
- noun hard monotonous routine work. — synonyms: drudgery, plodding, donkeywork
- noun the act of grinding to a powder or dust. — synonyms: mill, pulverization, pulverisation
- verb press or grind with a crushing noise. — synonyms: crunch, cranch, craunch
- verb make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together. — synonyms: grate
- verb work hard. — synonyms: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil
- verb 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.
- verb reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. — synonyms: mash, crunch, bray, comminute
- verb created by grinding.
- verb shape or form by grinding.
Examples
- “a coarse grind of coffee”
- “grate one's teeth in anger”
- “She was digging away at her math homework”