Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Grinding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Take the millstones, and grind meal. --Is. xivii.
2.
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.
3. To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
To grind the subject or defraud the prince.
--Dryden.
4. To study hard for examination. [College Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grinding \Grind"ing\, a. & n.
from Grind.
{Grinding frame}, an English name for a cotton spinning
machine.
{Grinding mill}.
(a) A mill for grinding grain.
(b) A lapidary's lathe.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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