Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of one who grinds; the action of a mill that grinds corn; a crushing or grating sound; gnashing, as of teeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- from Grind.
- an English name for a cotton spinning machine.
- A lapidary's lathe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
grind . - noun The action of
grinding together orcrushing into smallparticles . - noun dance A form of dance in which two people
rub their bodies together. - noun online gaming Repeatedly performing the same
quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth. - adjective Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- noun material resulting from the process of grinding
- noun a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
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Examples
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The mode of grinding corn here, if I may use the term grinding, is of the most primitive character possible.
Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828
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Especially the term grinding, because no other gamer jargon inspires as much innuendo.
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The main reason that the correlation between soft socialism and grinding poverty is so high is that the correlation between human existance and what we refer to as grinding poverty is extremely high.
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Hey Scott: Look, I know that 'grinding' is the norm now and that bars and discos in Canada and the USA are places to 'hook up' for singles.
Page 2 2003
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March 13th, 2010 at 3: 30 pm dbadass says: watch how the poser will try to pretend that I am not once again grinding his pretend punk ass into the dirt … Poser losers are almost as annoying as tax whiners …
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The US has played its role in grinding down Haiti, but it is far from alone in doing so.
Think Progress » Chavez Attacks U.S. Efforts In Haiti: ‘They Are Occupying Haiti Undercover’ 2010
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Consider that many birds swallow rocks to help in grinding up food and helping digestion.
Death by Plastic 2009
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"My hip was like on fire, grinding" is how he recalled the morning seven months ago that changed everything.
King: Uninsured 23-year-old battles leukemia, medical bills 2009
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Consider that many birds swallow rocks to help in grinding up food and helping digestion.
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In the absence of an explaination I will begin grinding you into the ground some more … cheers -
Think Progress » Scott Brown Claims That The Stimulus Has Not Created ‘One New Job’ 2010
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Gamers have a word, grinding, to describe repetitive tasks undertaken to gain some desired in-game goal, but are not fun in themselves.
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