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Noun: grinding grInding- Material resulting from the process of grinding
"vegetable grindings clogged the drain" - A harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
- The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- abrasion, attrition, detrition Verb: grind (ground) grInd- Press or grind with a crushing noise
- crunch, cranch, craunch - Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- grate - Work hard
- labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil [N. Amer] - Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
- Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
"grind the spices in a mortar" - mash, crunch, bray [archaic], comminute - Create by grinding
"grind designs into the glass bowl" - Shape or form by grinding
"grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
Derived forms: grindings See also: grind down, grinder Type of: atom, break up, corpuscle, create, dance, do work, forge, form, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, friction, make, mold [N. Amer], molecule, mote, mould [Brit, Cdn], noise, particle, press, rubbing, shape, speck, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, work Encyclopedia: Grind Grinding |