Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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grind | Yes | No | Yes | No |
dig | Yes | No | Yes | No |
grind (noun) | dig (noun) |
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the act of grinding to a powder or dust | the act of digging |
hard monotonous routine work | the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow |
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground | a small gouge (as in the cover of a book) |
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect |
the site of an archeological exploration |
grind (verb) | dig (verb) |
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reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | get the meaning of something |
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
press or grind with a crushing noise | create by digging |
shape or form by grinding | remove the inner part or the core of |
created by grinding | poke or thrust abruptly |
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 | thrust down or into |
work hard | remove, harvest, or recover by digging |
work hard |