Synonyms of grind
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as in effort
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as in routine
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as in to rub
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as in to grit
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as in to sharpen
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as in to polish
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as in to scratch
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as in to crush
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as in to overwhelm
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as in to develop
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as in rubbing
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as in gritting
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as in sharpening
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as in polishing
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as in scratching
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as in crushing
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as in scraping
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as in nerd
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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as in effort
very hard or unpleasant work
yard work is a real grind
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as in routine
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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as in to rub
to make smooth by friction
after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry
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as in to polish
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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as in to overwhelm
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
the workers are being ground down by the long work hours which leave them little time for anything else
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as in to develop
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
after several years of aborted attempts, the band finally ground out a new album
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as in scraping
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as in rubbing
to make smooth by friction
after they are ground and polished, these stones can be used for jewelry
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as in gritting
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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as in sharpening
to make sharp or sharper
better grind down that ax before you even think about trying to cut down that tree
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as in polishing
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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as in crushing
to reduce to fine particles
grind whole coffee beans if you want the freshest coffee
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Recent Examples of grind
Alesandra Dubin, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
For those who follow the White Sox, however, it’s been a long grind to close out this chapter.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Ideally, Turkish coffee is ground with a traditional Turkish coffee grinder like this.
—Tyler Shane, Wired News, 31 May 2025
John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The Aggies play grinding, slugging basketball and will surely force a Saturday night rock fight.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
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Every bit the otherworldly escape from the Hollywood grind (and the 405), the Brando is surprisingly accessible by direct flight from LAX, followed by a quick 15-minute interisland transfer from Tahiti’s international airport.
—Alesandra Dubin, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
For those who follow the White Sox, however, it’s been a long grind to close out this chapter.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Verb
For a team that has been grinding for much of the last month, the sequence led to a scene of stadium-wide elation.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Ideally, Turkish coffee is ground with a traditional Turkish coffee grinder like this.
—Tyler Shane, Wired News, 31 May 2025
Verb
With the prior landscaping experience, he was assigned outdoor duties ranging from climbing onto the roof to clean gutters, to scraping sediment from a parking lot, laying pine straw, and grinding paint from a stairwell.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The Aggies play grinding, slugging basketball and will surely force a Saturday night rock fight.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grind
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Rather than trying to recreate feathers from scratch, biohybrid designs incorporate actual feathers into otherwise synthetic machines.—
Ian Rose,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 June 2025
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This essentially enables developers to access and modify the model’s core knowledge and bypass the high costs and time associated with training a system from scratch.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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Fuller, like many a brilliant nerd, was initially awkward with her peers.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Most of us would settle for Lucozade and a duvet on the settee, but Howe is Newcastle’s king nerd.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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President Trump’s 2026 budget would freeze spending for many services for older adults, deeply cut others, continue his efforts to slash government staffing for key programs, and abolish a critical federal office that manages many of those initiatives.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Revenue from the Tourist Development Tax, a 6% levy on hotel and other overnight stays, currently is directed by statute to tourism-marketing efforts, the convention center and sports and cultural uses.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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Deliberately cultivate moments of awe in your routine, both with and without AI assistance.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Venus enters Pisces on January 1 and should support your productivity levels, encouraging a fresh perspective on your daily routines.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 June 2025
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Currently, the beaches of Torrey Pines are crowded with photographers hoping for that perfect picture of peregrine falcon chicks being raised in crude scrape nests placed on precarious perches, high on the sandstone cliffs.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Injuries suffered by the officers included a groin injury, an ankle strain or stress fracture, a chest contusion, scrapes and bruising.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Owner David Rubenstein needs to get rid of Elias (maybe Cal Ripken Jr. would agree to the job) and get baseball people instead of computer geeks to run the team.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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Jon Cherry/Getty Images For years, crypto was viewed by many as a weird and fringe investment, hyped up by a bunch of math geeks and used widely by all kinds of unsavory characters, from drug dealers to hackers.—
Rafael Nam,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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To opponents of the bills, including dozens of environmental and labor groups, the effort misplaces the source of building woes and instead would restrict one of the few ways community groups can shape development.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Counties with more than 4% unemployment (labor surplus zones) account for approximately 3.5 million unemployed workers, while counties with less than 4% unemployment (labor shortage zones) need about 1.7 million workers to reach the 4% full-employment benchmark.—
Ariel Diaz,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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But Gauff found her groove and won 12 straight points to tighten it up.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Talk to me about navigating that, the sort of settling into a groove there.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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“Grind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grind. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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