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  • 31grinding — 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

  • 32grinding crack — cracks can arise from incorrect grinding and appear in the form of a network. They are caused by the generation of high heat and rapid cooling in the area of contact and they mostly occur when grinding fully hardened material such as tool steel …

    Mechanics glossary

  • 33grinding — 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

  • 34grinding — 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

  • 35grinding — [ˈgraɪndɪŋ] adj extremeused for emphasizing how bad a situation is grinding poverty[/ex] • a grinding halt a situation in which something stops operating completely[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 36grinding — also See valve grinding valve seat grinding …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 37grinding — noun 1. material resulting from the process of grinding (Freq. 1) vegetable grindings clogged the drain • Derivationally related forms: ↑grind • Hypernyms: ↑atom, ↑molecule, ↑particle, ↑corpuscle …

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  • 38grinding mill — noun 1. : any of various machines for grinding (as of grain or sugarcane) or for dressing by grinding (as of metal parts) 2. : a lapidary s lathe …

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  • 39Grinding — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40Grinding into Emptiness — Infobox Album Name = Grinding Into Emptiness Type = Album Artist = Noise Unit Released = 1989 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Antler Subway Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album …

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