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drudgery
Work that is hard, menial, or tiresome
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  1. Work that is hard, menial, or tiresome
toil
Something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment:
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  1. Something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment:
  2. Hard, exhausting work or effort; tiring labor
  3. Exhausting labor or effort.
labor
(Proper) Labor Party
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  1. (Proper) Labor Party
  2. Work for wages:
  3. Labor unions collectively
toiler
A person who toils or labors.
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  1. A person who toils or labors.
crammer
A school whose speciality is helping students to pass certain exams.
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  1. A school whose speciality is helping students to pass certain exams.
  2. A teacher who is aiding said student.
  3. A student who is studying hard for an exam
crush
To be or become crushed:
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  1. To be or become crushed:
  2. To press between two opposing forces so as to break or injure; put out of shape or condition by pressure; squeeze together; crumple
  3. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
powder
To apply cosmetic powder to (the body, face, etc.)
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  1. To apply cosmetic powder to (the body, face, etc.)
  2. To turn into or produce as a powder:
  3. To sprinkle or cover with or as with powder
mill
To cut, shape, or finish in a mill or with a milling tool:
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  1. To cut, shape, or finish in a mill or with a milling tool:
  2. To grind, pulverize, or break down into smaller particles in a mill:
  3. To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
grate
To irritate or annoy persistently:
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  1. To irritate or annoy persistently:
  2. To grind (the teeth) together with a rasping sound
  3. To reduce to fragments, shreds, or powder by rubbing against an abrasive surface.
attenuate
(Electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical signal with little or no distortion.
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  1. (Electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical signal with little or no distortion.
  2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken:
  3. To become thin, weak, or fine.
granulate
(Intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.
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  1. (Intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.
  2. To segment into tiny grains or particles.
  3. To form into grains or granules.
disintegrate
To undergo or cause to undergo a nuclear transformation as a result of radioactive decay or a nuclear reaction
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  1. To undergo or cause to undergo a nuclear transformation as a result of radioactive decay or a nuclear reaction
  2. (Intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.
  3. To become reduced to components, fragments, or particles.
comminute
To reduce to small, fine particles; make into powder; pulverize; triturate
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  1. To reduce to small, fine particles; make into powder; pulverize; triturate
  2. To break into smaller portions.
  3. To reduce to powder; pulverize.
triturate
To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
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  1. To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
  2. To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
  3. To rub, crush, grind, or pound into fine particles or a powder; pulverize.
rasp
To scrape roughly; grate
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  1. To scrape roughly; grate
  2. To scrape harshly; grate.
  3. To scrape or rub with or as with a file
scrape
To rub or move with a harsh grating noise.
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  1. To rub or move with a harsh grating noise.
  2. To abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument.
  3. To remove (an outer layer, for example) from a surface by forceful strokes of an edged or rough instrument:
levigate
To separate fine particles from coarse by grinding in water.
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  1. To separate fine particles from coarse by grinding in water.
  2. To grind to a fine, smooth powder
  3. To separate the fine particles of (a substance) from its coarse particles by grinding it in water: the coarse particles settle to the bottom first, leaving the fine particles suspended
file
To smooth, reduce, or remove with or as if with a file.
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  1. To smooth, reduce, or remove with or as if with a file.
  2. A collection of related data or program records stored as a unit with a single name. Files are the basic units that a computer works with in storing and retrieving data.
  3. To initiate (a lawsuit):
abrade
To scrape or rub off; wear away by scraping or rubbing
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  1. To scrape or rub off; wear away by scraping or rubbing
  2. To wear down, rub away, or scrape by friction:
  3. To become worn or scraped by abrasion:
pound
To strike repeatedly and forcefully, especially with the hand or a tool:
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  1. To strike repeatedly and forcefully, especially with the hand or a tool:
  2. To beat to a powder or pulp; pulverize or crush:
  3. To beat to a pulp, powder, etc.; pulverize
pestle
To use a pestle.
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  1. To use a pestle.
  2. To pound, grind, crush, etc. with or as with a pestle
bray
To crush and pound to a fine consistency, as in a mortar.
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  1. To crush and pound to a fine consistency, as in a mortar.
  2. To spread thin, as ink
  3. To crush or pound into a powder, as in a mortar
crunch
To move with a crushing sound:
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  1. To move with a crushing sound:
  2. (Slang) To perform operations on; manipulate or process (numerical or mathematical data).
  3. (Informal) To process (a vast quantity of numbers or other data) rapidly
crumple
To fall or break down; collapse
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  1. To fall or break down; collapse
  2. (Intransitive) To become wrinkled.
  3. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple.
roll out
(Software) To deploy.
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  1. (Software) To deploy.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see roll,"Ž out.
shiver
To cause (a sail) to flutter by sailing too close to the wind.
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  1. To cause (a sail) to flutter by sailing too close to the wind.
  2. To cause to break suddenly into fragments or splinters.
  3. To break into fragments or splinters; shatter.
atomize
To subject to bombardment with atomic weapons.
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  1. To subject to bombardment with atomic weapons.
  2. To reduce (a liquid) to a fine spray
  3. To break into small fragments.
chop-up
To separate, divide something that was considered whole
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  1. To separate, divide something that was considered whole
  2. To cause a body of water to become choppy
  3. (Of meat, flesh, corpses) to cut or chop in order to separate
crumble
To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate:
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  1. To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate:
  2. To fall to pieces; disintegrate
  3. To break into small fragments or pieces:
whet
To make more keen; stimulate:
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  1. To make more keen; stimulate:
  2. To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone.
  3. To sharpen by rubbing or grinding (the edge of a knife or tool); hone
rub
To move (an object or objects) firmly along a surface, especially repeatedly:
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  1. To move (an object or objects) firmly along a surface, especially repeatedly:
  2. To put into a specified condition by applying pressure and friction
  3. To apply to a surface firmly and with friction:
persecute
To annoy persistently; bother:
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  1. To annoy persistently; bother:
  2. To trouble or annoy constantly
  3. To afflict or harass constantly so as to injure or distress; oppress cruelly, esp. for reasons of religion, politics, or race
harass
To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
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  1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
  2. To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
  3. To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
annoy
To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
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  1. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
  2. To be annoying
  3. (Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
Find another word for grind. In this page you can discover 47 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for grind, like: , drudgery, toil, labor, toiler, crammer, crush, powder, mill, grate and reduce to powder.

Sentence Examples

  • She thought she heard him grind his teeth and frowned.

  • They allowed us to grind the spices, pick over the raisins and lick the stirring spoons.

  • They crush or grind the food, and are hence called " molars."

  • paddle the canoe and fish, while the girls learn to spin and weave, grind maize, and cook - good conduct being enforced by punishments of increasing severity, up to pricking their bodies with aloethorns and holding their faces over burning chillies.

  • The island of Griend (or Grind) once boasted a walled town, which was destroyed by flood at the end of the 13th century.

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