grinding

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

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, mote, speck
2. a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
grind
• Hypernyms:
noise
3. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
• Syn:
abrasion, attrition, detrition
• Derivationally related forms:
attritional (for: attrition), abrade (for: abrasion), grind
• Hypernyms:
friction, rubbing

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mill, pulverization, pulverisation, drudgery, plodding, donkeywork, swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb, mash, crunch, bray, comminute, labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil, grate, cranch, craunch