Noun

• S: (n) swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb (an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious)

Verb

• S: (v) cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone (study intensively, as before an exam) "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
• verb group
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) study, hit the books (learn by reading books) "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
• S: (v) memorize, memorise, con, learn (commit to memory; learn by heart) "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
• S: (v) cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone (study intensively, as before an exam) "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame