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grind·ing-in (grīndґing-in) the process of correcting errors in the centric and eccentric occlusions of natural or artificial teeth. See also milling-in.Medical dictionary. 2011.
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 — [[t]gra͟ɪndɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends. Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty. ...the grinding difficulty of getting… … English 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
