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a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
- don't be such a grind—go out with your friends and enjoy yourself
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very hard or unpleasant work
- yard work is a real grind
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an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity
- the daily grind of a 50-mile commute was getting old
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of grind (Entry 2 of 2)
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to make smooth by friction
- after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry
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to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound
- everyone in the car winced when the driver ground the gears trying to shift into second
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to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure
- used the finest polishing paper he could to grind down the facets of the diamond before dusting it with a soft cloth
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to reduce to fine particles
- grind whole coffee beans if you want the freshest coffee
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The first known use of grind was before the 12th century
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