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Words with a similar base: grind

'grind'

[swot.n.01] as in: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

'grind'

[grind.n.02] as in: the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

Examples:
a coarse grind of coffee

'grind'

[drudgery.n.01] as in: hard monotonous routine work

'grind'

[grind.n.04] as in: the act of grinding to a powder or dust

'grind'

[crunch.v.02] as in: press or grind with a crushing noise

'grind'

[grate.v.04] as in: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

Examples:
grate one's teeth in anger

'grind'

[labor.v.02] as in: work hard

Examples:
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long

'grind'

[grind.v.04] as in: 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

'grind'

[grind.v.05] as in: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

Examples:
grind the spices in a mortar
mash the garlic

'grind'

[grind.v.06] as in: created by grinding

Examples:
grind designs into the glass bowl

'grind'

[grind.v.07] as in: shape or form by grinding

Examples:
grind lenses for glasses and cameras

Origins

					grind (English)
└── grindan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))