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grind has 25 distinct synonyms spread across 7 of its 11 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
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
created by grinding
“grind designs into the glass bowl”
shape or form by grinding
“grind lenses for glasses and cameras”
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
“a coarse grind of coffee”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for grind come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.