| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Informal. One who works or toils tirelessly: drudge, fag, grub, plodder, slave. Informal : workhorse. See WORK. 2. Informal. A habitual, laborious, often tiresome course of action: routine, rut1, treadmill. Slang : groove. See USUAL. | | VERB: | 1. Informal. To study or work hard, especially when pressed for time: Informal : bone (up), cram. Idioms: burn the midnight oil. See WORK. 2. To break up into tiny particles: bray, crush, granulate, mill, powder, pulverize, triturate. See HELP. 3. To rub together noisily: crunch, gnash. See SOUNDS. 4. Informal. To do tedious, laborious, and sometimes menial work: drudge, grub, plod, slave, slog. See WORK. 5. To treat arbitrarily or cruelly: trample, tyrannize. See OVER.
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