grinding
adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.
- The meeting came to a grinding halt when the two sides could not agree.
noun
1. material resulting from the process of grinding
- vegetable grindings clogged the drain
Definition categories: object, atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck
2. a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
Definition categories: event, noise
3. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Similar word(s): abrasion, attrition, detrition
Definition categories: phenomenon, friction, rubbing
Sentences with grinding as a noun:
- Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine.
verb
1. present participle of grind