grind
n 1: a student who studies excessively [syn: {swot}, {nerd}, {wonk}]
2: hard monotonous routine work [syn: {drudgery}, {plodding}, {donkeywork}]
3: the act of grinding [syn: {mill}, {pulverization}, {pulverisation}]
v 1: press or grind with a crunching noise [syn: {crunch}, {cranch},
{craunch}]
2: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate
one's teeth in anger" [syn: {grate}]
3: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework" [syn:
{labor}, {labour}, {toil}, {fag}, {travail}, {drudge}, {dig},
{moil}]
4: dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way
5: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: {mash},
{crunch}, {bray}, {comminute}]