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grind [n]

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

Synonyms :

dweeb nerd swot wonk

See Also:

assimilator dig bone

2)	hard monotonous routine work

Synonyms :

donkeywork drudgery plodding

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labor dig

3)	the act of grinding to a powder or dust

Synonyms :

mill pulverisation pulverization

See Also:

compaction powder mill bray grate cranch

grind [v]

1)	press or grind with a crunching noise

Synonyms :

cranch craunch crunch

See Also:

press grind_down

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

Synonyms :

grate

See Also:

rub break_up grinding gnash chew

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

Synonyms :

bray comminute crunch mash

See Also:

break_up compaction mash mash masher grinder grinder abrasion grinding pulp pestle mill

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

Synonyms :

dig drudge fag labor labour moil toil travail

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do_work drudge drudge donkeywork dweeb effort toiler labor jack labor

5)	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

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dance

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

GRaphical INterpretive Display.

A graphics input language for the PDP-9.

["GRIND: A Language and Translator for Computer Graphics", A.P. Conn, Dartmouth, June 1969].

[Jargon File]

(1995-01-31)

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