grind - noun

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

hard monotonous routine work

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

grind - verb

• press or grind with a crushing noise
• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
• work hard
• 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
• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
• created by grinding
• shape or form by grinding

grind - thesaurus

bray   comminute   cranch   craunch   crunch   dig   donkeywork   drudge   drudgery   dweeb   grate   labor   labour   mash   mill   moil   nerd   plodding   pulverisation   pulverization   swot   toil   travail   wonk