grinding

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of grindpresent participle and gerund of grind

noun

1. 1

   The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles; the sound of this action.

   Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine.

2. 2

   The action of grinding a workpiece to change its size, shape, and surface finish.

   Grinding sometimes involves tight tolerances on the order of a few microns.

3. 3

   A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.

   No grinding is allowed on the dance floor at the junior prom: it isn't age-appropriate.

4. 4

   Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.

   I really hate the grinding to get that 1% chance item.

5. 5

   informalThe act of doing the daily grind.

   A: Hey Bob, how's it goin? B: Meh, I'm tired of grinding, man.

adjective

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to the act or gratingly sound of grinding.

   The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree.

2. 2

   Relentlessly taxing; burdensome; exacting to the point of exhaustion.

   A week of filled with grinding toil.

   I saw none of the grinding poverty to which I had become inured, no beggars, no one passed out in the streets or homeless people forced to camp out in parks and doorways.

3. 3

   obsoleteCrushing; oppressive; overwhelming.

Forms

plural

grindings