1. (

• swot ,
• grind ,
• nerd ,
• wonk ,
• dweeb

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

2. (

• grind

) the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; "a coarse grind of coffee" ;

3. (

• drudgery ,
• plodding ,
• grind ,
• donkeywork

) hard monotonous routine work ;

4. (

• grind ,
• mill ,
• pulverization ,
• pulverisation

) the act of grinding to a powder or dust ;

1. (

• crunch ,
• cranch ,
• craunch ,
• grind ,

) press or grind with a crushing noise ;

2. (

• grate ,
• grind

) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger" ;

3. (

• labor ,
• labour ,
• toil ,
• fag ,
• travail ,
• grind ,
• drudge ,
• dig ,
• moil

) work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" ;

4. (

• grind

) 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 ;

5. (

• grind ,
• mash ,
• crunch ,
• bray ,
• comminute

) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" ;

6. (

• grind ,

) created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl" ;

7. (

• grind ,

) shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" ;