Unscramble grinding

Definition of grinding

noun:

• material resulting from the process of grinding; "vegetable grindings clogged the drain".
• a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears).
• the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice. Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, detrition.

verb:

• press or grind with a crushing noise. Synonyms: cranch, craunch, crunch, grind.
• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger". Synonyms: grate, grind.
• work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework", "Lexicographers drudge all day long". Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail.
• 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. Synonyms: grind.
• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar", "mash the garlic". Synonyms: bray, comminute, crunch, grind, mash.
• created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl". Synonyms: grind.
• shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras". Synonyms: grind.

Related words

chew, gnash, jaw, manducate, masticate, mill, pestle, pulp.

Words nearby

grinning.

Rhymes with

binding, blinding, finding, winding.