GRINDING

• (noun) a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)

• (noun) material resulting from the process of grinding

  "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"

• (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

  synonyms : abrasion , attrition , detrition

  Attrition of the flowing water had caused the stones to become rounded and smooth. -added by naila_inlas

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