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 — 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