grinding
adjective
[ ˈɡrʌɪndɪŋ ]
• (of a difficult situation) oppressive and seemingly without end.
• "grinding poverty"
• (of a sound or movement) harsh and grating.
• "the grinding roar of the lorries"
grinding
noun
• the reduction of something to small particles or powder by crushing it.
• "the roasting and grinding of grain, usually barley, for use in brewing"
• the action of rubbing things together gratingly.
• "it's a question that has caused much grinding of teeth among scientists and medics over the last 50 years"
grind
verb
• reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it.
• "grind some black pepper over the salad"
Similar:
crush,
pound,
pulverize,
mill,
powder,
granulate,
grate,
mince,
shred,
crumble,
pestle,
mash,
smash,
press,
fragment,
kibble,
triturate,
comminute,
levigate,
bray,
• rub or cause to rub together gratingly.
• "mountain ranges developed along fault lines where tectonic plates ground against one another"
• (of a dancer) gyrate the hips erotically.
• "there were sweaty bodies everywhere bumping and grinding to the music"
Origin:
Old English grindan, probably of Germanic origin. Although no cognates are known, it may be distantly related to Latin frendere ‘rub away, gnash’.