GRINDS Synonyms

• the sound of something crunching

• a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)

• the act of crushing

• make a crushing noise

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• the cry of an ass

• braying characteristic of donkeys

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• laugh loudly and harshly

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• the site of an archeological exploration

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)

• the act of digging

• the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth

• create by digging

• work hard

• remove, harvest, or recover by digging

• thrust down or into

• remove the inner part or the core of

• poke or thrust abruptly

• get the meaning of something

• hard monotonous routine work

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

• work hard

• hard monotonous routine work

• an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something

• a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

• furnish with a grate

• gnaw into; make resentful or angry

• reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface

• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

• scratch repeatedly

• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

• a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

• the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

• any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• work hard

• undergo the efforts of childbirth

• a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

• a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

• concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

• productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

• work hard

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• undergo the efforts of childbirth

• a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing

• mixture of ground animal feeds

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

• Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)

• machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

• English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)

• the act of grinding to a powder or dust

• move about in a confused manner

• grind with a mill

• produce a ridge around the edge of

• roll out (metal) with a rolling machine

• work hard

• be agitated

• moisten or soil

• an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

• an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait

• (of movement) slow and laborious

• a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

• the act of grinding to a powder or dust

• annihilation by pulverizing something