study
vb
1 apply oneself (to), bone up on (informal) burn the midnight oil, cogitate, con (archaic) consider, contemplate, cram (informal) examine, go into, hammer away at, learn, lucubrate (rare) meditate, mug up (Brit. slang) ponder, pore over, read, read up, swot (up) (Brit. informal)
2 analyse, deliberate, examine, investigate, look into, peruse, research, scrutinize, survey, work over
n
3 academic work, application, book work, cramming (informal) learning, lessons, reading, research, school work, swotting (Brit. informal) thought
4 analysis, attention, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, examination, inquiry, inspection, investigation, perusal, review, scrutiny, survey