grind sth into sth
— phrasal verb with grind uk/ɡraɪnd/us/ɡraɪnd/verb [ T ] ground, ground
to press something hard into something else using a twisting movement:
Sara angrily ground her cigarette into the ashtray.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compress
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- crush
- depress
- firm
- grind
- ground
- mill
- pack
- pound
- pulp
- pulverize
- scrunch
- shut
- shut sth in sth
- squeeze
- squinch
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