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(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" |
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Synonyms: bray, comminute, crunch, mash |
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Related Words: break up, fragment, fragmentize, mill, pestle, powder, powderize, pulp, pulverize |
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(noun) the act of grinding |
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Synonyms: mill, pulverisation, pulverization |
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Related Words: compaction, crunch, crush |
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(verb) dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way |
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Related Words: dance, trip the light fantastic |
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(verb) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" |
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Synonyms: grate |
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Related Words: break up, chew, fragment, fragmentize, gnash, jaw, manducate, masticate |
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(noun) a student who studies excessively |
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Synonyms: nerd, swot, wonk |
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Related Words: learner, scholar |
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(noun) hard monotonous routine work |
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Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, plodding |
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Related Words: labor, labour, toil |
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(verb) press or grind with a crunching noise |
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Synonyms: cranch, craunch, crunch |
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Related Words: press |
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(verb) work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework" |
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Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail |
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Related Words: do work, work |
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