grind (
http://definr.com/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: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn:
mash,
crunch,
bray,
comminute]
4: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn:
labor,
labour,
toil,
fag,
travail,
drudge,
dig,
moil]
5: dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way