grind: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with G · ends with D
Meaning of grind
verb
- transitive
To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
- transitive
To shape with the force of friction.
Example: grind a lens; grind an axe
To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
- intransitive
To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
Example: This corn grinds well.
Listed forms: grinds, grinding, ground, grinded, glossary.
Source: Wiktionary — grind.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- countable, uncountable
Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- countable, uncountable
A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
Example: This bag contains espresso grind.
- countable, uncountable
A tedious and laborious task.
Example: This homework is a grind.
Listed forms: grinds.
Source: Wiktionary — grind.
noun
A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
Listed forms: grinds.
Source: Wiktionary — grind.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for grind.
noun
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
noun
hard monotonous routine work
noun
the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
press or grind with a crushing noise
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is grind in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of grind
G(2) + R(1) + I(1) + N(1) + D(2) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of grind
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from grind
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