DICTOMETER

GRINDING

1. Synonyms:
   • Grinding
   Definitions:
   • material resulting from the process of grinding
   Examples:
   • Vegetable grindings clogged the drain
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Grinding
   Definitions:
   • a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Grinding
   • Abrasion
   • Attrition
   • Detrition
   Definitions:
   • the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Crunch
   • Cranch
   • Craunch
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • press or grind with a crushing noise
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Grate
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
   Examples:
   • Grate one's teeth in anger
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Labor
   • Labour
   • Toil
   • Fag
   • Travail
   • Grind
   • Drudge
   • Dig
   • Moil
   Definitions:
   • work hard
   Examples:
   • She was digging away at her math homework
   • Lexicographers drudge all day long
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Grind
   • Mash
   • Crunch
   • Bray
   • Comminute
   Definitions:
   • reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
   Examples:
   • Grind the spices in a mortar
   • Mash the garlic
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • created by grinding
   Examples:
   • Grind designs into the glass bowl
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Grind
   Definitions:
   • shape or form by grinding
   Examples:
   • Grind lenses for glasses and cameras