Meaning & use
grinding
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Wearing down, crushing, or grating harshly; also, exhaustingly difficult or relentless.
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The grinding sound of metal on metal made everyone wince.
Years of grinding poverty had worn the family down.
A note on using this word
Grinding is often used figuratively to describe something exhausting or oppressive over a long period, as in 'grinding poverty' or 'a grinding routine.'
Words with a similar meaning
gratingrelentless
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Working hard and persistently toward a goal (informal).
She's been grinding at the gym every morning before work.
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