Grind: alternatives and connections

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

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To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.

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One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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To masticate; to chew; to eat.

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To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

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A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

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A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.

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The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.

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Created; composed; begotten.

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To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

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A step, stair, or staircase.

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A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

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A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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One who learns; a scholar.

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A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

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To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledg…

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A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

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To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

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A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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of Grind

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of Grind

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or require…

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To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or require…

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To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

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To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the…

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See Craunch.

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To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.

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To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

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To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.

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The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.

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A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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A mesh.

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A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

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of Plod

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The action of reducing to dust or powder.

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A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

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