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| 1. | [ verb ] press or grind with a crunching noise | |
| Synonyms: | cranch craunch crunch | |
| Related terms: | press tyrannize | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | |
| Synonyms: | grate | |
| Examples: | "grate one's teeth in anger" |
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| Related terms: | break_up chew gnash rub | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (food) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | |
| Synonyms: | crunch bray comminute mash | |
| Examples: | "grind the spices in a mortar" "mash the garlic" |
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| Related terms: | break_up mill pestle pulp powder grinding masher crush grinding molar | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (dance) 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 | |
| Related terms: | dance | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (work) work hard | |
| Synonyms: | toil labor moil travail fag dig drudge labour | |
| Examples: | "She was digging away at her math homework" "Lexicographers drudge all day long" |
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| Related terms: | work undertaking labor effort laborer drudgery drudge swot | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (work) hard monotonous routine work | |
| Synonyms: | plodding donkeywork drudgery | |
| Related terms: | labor labor | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (education) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively | |
| Synonyms: | nerd wonk dweeb swot | |
| Related terms: | learner labor | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the act of grinding to a powder or dust | |
| Synonyms: | pulverization pulverisation mill | |
| Related terms: | crush crunch grate powderize | |
| Similar spelling: |
grounds Grund grounder Grundy groundsel groundnut grounding groundhog greyhound Grunden grind grand Grundman Granda Grande Grandi Grundyism Grandy groomed grandad grandee grandly grandpa grandma grinder Grindle Grondin grandeur grinding granddad grandson grunt grandness grand_fir grind_out Grandison grandiose Grindelia grandaunt grand_mal |
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