Definitions for grinding
grind·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grinding(noun)

   material resulting from the process of grinding

   "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"

2. grinding(noun)

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

3. grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition(noun)

   the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

Wiktionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grinding(Noun)

   The action of grinding or crushing into small particles.

2. grinding(Noun)

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

3. grinding(Noun)

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

4. grinding(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grinding

   of Grind

2. Grinding

   from Grind

How to pronounce grinding?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grinding in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grinding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of grinding in a Sentence

1. Chis Paul:

   I told him I heard about his story and that grind is unbelievable, i told him, ‘Much respect.’ I mean, 10 years grinding in the G League, to finally get an opportunity and to play like that, it’s pretty special.

2. Obert Gutu:

   ZANU-PF should be utterly ashamed of hosting an expensive birthday bash for their aging ruler whilst more than 90 percent of Zimbabweans are wallowing in grinding poverty caused by decades of Robert Mugabe's misrule and mismanagement of the economy, the money that is being budgeted for this ill-conceived birthday bash should actually be used to import maize to avert the impending starvation in Masvingo province and other parts of the country.

3. Justin Bour:

   Like the guys say, reserve your sorrow for Skaggs family, his wife, were going to keep grinding every day and playing hard and playing with a spirit.

4. Graeme McDowell:

   The golf course is firm and fast and really tricky and better for guys like me and Jim Furyk, rather than the usual Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroys that play well around Firestone, it really requires a lot of grinding.

5. Sam Fuld:

   I get asked the question a lot, `Well, you must have it sort of figured out by now?' No, there are so many different variables that go into it. Yeah, I certainly have a better grasp of it now than I did when I was first diagnosed. So many things change on a day-to-day basis. You're used to the constant mental stress that it involves. The blood, the finger pokes and the insulin shots are the easy part. It's the mental battle that's most grinding.

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