Antonyms for grind
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : grahynd |
| Phonetic Transcription : graɪnd |
Definition of grind
Origin :- Old English grindan "to rub together, grate, scrape," forgrindan "destroy by crushing" (class III strong verb; past tense grand, past participle grunden), from Proto-Germanic *grindanan (cf. Dutch grenden), related to ground, from PIE *ghrendh- "to grind" (cf. Latin frendere "to gnash the teeth," Greek khondros "corn, grain," Lithuanian grendu "to scrape, scratch"). Meaning "to make smooth or sharp by friction" is from c.1300. Most other Germanic languages use a verb cognate with Latin molere (cf. Dutch malen, Old Norse mala, German mahlen).
- noun tedious job
- verb crush, pulverize
- verb sharpen
- verb oppress
- I'm not going to grind away and grind away all my life like father and you've done.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- At this juncture the brakes began to shriek and grind upon the wheels.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- These gizzards are nature's gristmills, and they grind exceedingly fine.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- Is that where you grind out the things the magazines reject?
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- Yet in all that time he only learned to grind his flint stones instead of chipping them.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- They replied, "We care neither for your God nor for you, but we will grind our hatchets."
- Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
- Pete could grind the farmers' corn, but he could not make their reckonings.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- It is too long and too steady a grind, and habit and long hours soon tell their story.
- Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
- These may be put through alternately, or mixed as you grind.
- Extract from : « Sandwiches » by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer
- Then she brought him the coffee-mill full of coffee, and told him to grind it.
- Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
Synonyms for grind
- abrade
- afflict
- annoy
- atomize
- attenuate
- beat
- bray
- chop up
- chore
- comminute
- crumble
- crumple
- disintegrate
- drudgery
- file
- give an edge to
- gnash
- granulate
- grate
- grit
- groove
- grubwork
- harass
- hard work
- hold down
- hound
- kibble
- labor
- levigate
- mill
- moil
- pace
- persecute
- pestle
- plague
- polish
- pound
- powder
- pulverize
- rasp
- reduce
- roll out
- rote
- routine
- rub
- rut
- sand
- scrape
- shiver
- smooth
- sweat
- task
- toil
- travail
- treadmill
- triturate
- trouble
- tyrannize
- vex
- whet
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