Grinding

Grinding
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Grinding — Grinding. См. Шлифовка. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • grinding — index erosion, onerous, operose, oppressive, tyrannous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • grinding — (adj.) pp. adjective from GRIND (Cf. grind) (v.). Meaning oppressive is from 1580s. The verbal noun is from mid 14c …   Etymology dictionary

  • grinding — [[t]gra͟ɪndɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. ...the grinding difficulty of getting… …   English dictionary

  • grinding — grind|ing [ graındıŋ ] adjective 1. ) extreme: used for emphasizing how bad a situation is: grinding poverty 2. ) making a sound of one hard thing moving against another: a grinding noise a grinding halt a situation in which something stops… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • grinding — 1. noun a) The action of grinding or crushing into small particles. b) A form of dance in which the man and woman rub their bodies together. 2. adjective Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding. The meeting came to a grinding halt when… …   Wiktionary

  • grinding — UK [ˈɡraɪndɪŋ] / US adjective 1) extreme: used for emphasizing how bad a situation is grinding poverty 2) making a sound of one hard thing moving against another a grinding noise • a grinding halt …   English dictionary

  • grinding — grind|ing [ˈgraındıŋ] adj [only before noun] 1.) very difficult and unpleasant, and never seeming to improve ▪ a country devastated by civil war and grinding poverty 2.) a grinding noise is the continuous unpleasant noise of machinery parts… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • grinding — grind·ing || graɪndɪŋ n. crushing, breaking up into small particles; sharpening; rubbing together harshly; oppression; act of operating by turning a crank; working or studying hard adj. oppressive; crushing; grating; sharpening graɪnd n. act …   English contemporary dictionary

  • grinding — adjective (only before noun) 1 grinding poverty/misery a situation that makes your life very difficult and unhappy, and never seems to improve 2 a grinding noise is the continuous unpleasant noise of machinery parts rubbing together …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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