Found 3 items, similar to grinding.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: grind menggerus, menggiling, menggosok
English → English (WordNet) Definition: grinding grinding n 1: matter 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 ice [syn: abrasion, attrition, detrition]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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] 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]