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grind v. [
crunch, cranch, craunch] press or grind with a crushing noise
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grind v. [
grate] make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
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grind v. [
labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil] work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
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grind v. 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
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grind v. [
mash, crunch, bray, comminute] reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
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