grind | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: mill, pulverisation, pulverization |
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(noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: donkeywork, drudgery, plodding |
(noun) the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground | - |
(noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: dweeb, nerd, swot, wonk |
(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, comminute, crunch, mash |
(verb) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | Synonyms: grate |
(verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, craunch, crunch |
(verb) shape or form by grinding | - |
(verb) created by grinding | - |
(verb) 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 | - |
(verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail |
rind | (noun) the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating) | - |
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tamarind | (noun) large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys | Synonyms: tamarindo |
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(noun) long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp | Synonyms: tamarind tree, tamarindo, Tamarindus indica |