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

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

study intensively, as before an exam

rule a country as a tyrant

a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs

produce in a routine or monotonous manner

be unable to move further

large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America

perennial gumweed of California and Baja California

perennial gumweed of western and central North America

a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars

machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

a machine tool that polishes metal

material resulting from the process of grinding

a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)

the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

a wheel composed of abrasive material; used for grinding

primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools