grinding

Noun
Synonyms: abrasionattritiondetrition

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. material resulting from the process of grinding“vegetable grindings clogged the drain”
  2. a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
  3. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or iceSynonyms: abrasionattritiondetrition
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Grind \Grind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ground; p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.] [AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind. Cf. Grist.]

1.To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. [1913 Webster]

Take the millstones, and grind meal.— Is. xivii. 2.[1913 Webster]

2.To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.To oppress by severe exactions; to harass. [1913 Webster]

To grind the subject or defraud the prince.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.To study hard for examination; -- commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies. [College Slang] [1913 Webster]

Grinding \Grind"ing\, a. & n. from Grind. [1913 Webster]

Grinding frame, an English name for a cotton spinning machine.

Grinding mill. (a) A mill for grinding grain. (b) A lapidary's lathe. [1913 Webster]

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