(noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust

(noun) hard monotonous routine work

(noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

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

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

(verb) press or grind with a crunching noise

(verb) 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

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

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