Synonyms for grind

Most common

powder · pulverize · mash · bray · dig · drudge

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Antonyms

sinecure

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

2. v. 2

   To shape with the force of friction.

   grind a lens; grind an axe

3. n. 1

   The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

4. n. 2

   Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.

Related words

Word family

grindstone

Phrases

grind down grind out grind one's gears bump and grind

Forms

Plural

grinds → drudgeries, ploddings, mills, pulverizations…

Past participle

grinded
e.g. grinded → powdered, pulverized, mashed, brayed…

Example sentences

• crush I didn't know that you used to have a crush on me.
• crunch The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.
• mash I have not escaped any calamity. Mash potatoes!
• dig In 1848, people came to California to dig for gold.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

dig¹, fag¹

4 letters

mill¹, chew¹, nerd¹, mash¹, swat¹, bray¹, toil¹, wonk¹

5 letters

study², labor², crush¹, grate¹, chore¹, dweeb¹, moyle¹

6 letters

labour², powder², plague¹, crunch¹, hassle², harass², bruise¹, drudge¹, cranch

7 letters

fatigue², chatter², sharpen², oppress², travail², afflict²

8 letters

drudgery³, plodding², levigate

9 letters

persecute³, pulverize³, grindcore, pulverise, masticate, comminute, laevigate, triturate

10 letters

standstill²

13 letters

pulverization, pulverisation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

moudre

Italiano

macinare

Deutsch

mahlen

Català

moldre