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(graɪndɪŋ)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends.
Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty.
...the grinding difficulty of getting to the stadium.
grindingly adverb [ADVERB adjective]
Nursing was ill-paid and grindingly hard work.
2. 
See to come to a grinding halt
3.  See also grind

grinding in British English

(ˈɡraɪndɪŋ)
adjective
1. 
never getting better, changing, or ending
Their grandfather had left his village in order to escape the grinding poverty.
the grinding difficulty of getting to the stadium
grinding tedium
2.  to come to a grinding halt

grinding in Chemical Engineering

(graɪndɪŋ)
noun
(Chemical Engineering: Operations, Solid-solid operations)
Grinding is the process of breaking up particles.
Grinding is used to turn the solid blend into a granular form.
In chemical processes, crushing is usually followed by grinding to produce a fine-sized powder.
Grinding is the process of breaking up particles.

grinding in Mechanical Engineering

(graɪndɪŋ)
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Manufacturing and assembly)
Grinding is the process of removing the surface of a hard material using a wheel made from or covered in hard grit.
Once the steel had been hardened it was finished by grinding.
Grinding is done between two disks, one of which is stationary and the other revolving athigh speed.
Grinding is the process of removing the surface of a hard material using a wheel made fromor covered in hard grit.
grinding wheel, ground

Examples of 'grinding' in a sentence
grinding

Most recruits from business find the grinding pace stifling.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Learning how to compose an essay for an exam can be a grinding process, and repetition is key.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For my mother too, the end of the war brought her back to the grinding reality of life.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)

All related terms of 'grinding'

grind
If you grind a substance such as corn , you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder .
grinding wheel
an abrasive wheel , usually a composite of hard particles in a resin filler , used for grinding
teeth grinding
habitual , purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, esp. during sleep
grinding poverty
Poverty is the state of being extremely poor .
to a grinding halt
If you describe a bad situation as grinding , you mean it never gets better , changes, or ends.
grind in
to make (a conical valve ) fit its seating by grinding them together in the presence of an abrasive paste
grind on
If you say that something grinds on , you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.
grind down
If you say that someone grinds you down , you mean that they treat you very harshly and cruelly, reducing your confidence or your will to resist them.
grind out
To grind something out means to produce it in a boring or routine manner.
to come to a grinding halt
If you say that something comes to a grinding halt , you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.
grind to a halt to come to a grinding halt
If a country's economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt , it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops .
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