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(noun) mill, pulverisation, pulverization
the act of grinding to a powder or dust
(noun) donkeywork, drudgery, plodding
hard monotonous routine work
(noun) swot, dweeb, wonk, nerd
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
(verb) bray, comminute, crunch, mash
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
grind the spices in a mortar; mash the garlic
(verb) grate
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
grate one's teeth in anger
(verb) crunch, cranch, craunch
press or grind with a crushing noise
(verb) moil, drudge, dig, fag, labor, labour, toil, travail
work hard
She was digging away at her math homework; Lexicographers drudge all day long