Grinding — synonyms, definition

1. grinding (a)

abrasive arduous cruel crushing disintegrating gruelling hard harsh laborious onerous oppressive rasping rough severe strenuous tedious unmerciful unrelenting

2. grinding (Adjective)

grinding (Adjective) — Crushing and oppressive. ex. "grinding poverty"

3. grinding (Noun)

abrasion attrition detrition

grinding (Noun) — Material resulting from the process of grinding. ex. "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"

grinding (Noun) — A harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears).

grinding (Noun) — The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water, wind or ice.

atom corpuscle friction molecule mote noise particle rubbing speck

4. grinding (Verb)

braying comminuting cranching craunching crunching digging drudging fagging grating laboring labouring mashing moiling scrunching toiling travailing

grinding (Verb) — Press or grind with a crushing noise.

grinding (Verb) — Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together. ex. "grind one's teeth in anger"

grinding (Verb) — Work hard. ex. "Lexicographers grind all day long"

grinding (Verb) — Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced.

grinding (Verb) — Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. ex. "grind the spices in a mortar"

grinding (Verb) — Create by grinding. ex. "grind designs into the glass bowl"

grinding (Verb) — Shape or form by grinding. ex. "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"

breaking up creating dancing doing work forging forming fragmenting fragmentising fragmentizing making molding moulding pressing shaping tripping the light fantastic tripping the light fantastic toe working chewing gnashing jawing manducating masticating milling pestling pulping grind down