Synonyms for grinding
grind·ing

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1. grindingnoun

   material resulting from the process of grinding

   "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"

   Synonyms:
   attrition, abrasion, detrition

2. grindingnoun

   a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)

   Synonyms:
   attrition, abrasion, detrition

3. grinding, abrasion, attrition, detritionnoun

   the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

   Synonyms:
   excoriation, corrasion, contriteness, rubbing, detrition, contrition, scratch, attrition, friction, abrasion, scrape

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1. grindingadjective

   Synonyms:
   abradant

2. grindingnoun

   Synonyms:
   pulverization, trituration, crushing, levigation

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1. List of paraphrases for "grinding":

   milling, shredding, crushing, polishing, squeaking

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1. Obert Gutu:

   ZANU-PF should be utterly ashamed of hosting an expensive birthday bash for their aging ruler whilst more than 90 percent of Zimbabweans are wallowing in grinding poverty caused by decades of Robert Mugabe's misrule and mismanagement of the economy, the money that is being budgeted for this ill-conceived birthday bash should actually be used to import maize to avert the impending starvation in Masvingo province and other parts of the country.

2. Scott Servais:

   He’s been probably one of our most consistent at-bats here over the last week or so, just grinding through it, obviously, his niche is killing the lefties. He usually stays right on left-handed pitching, and he was right there again tonight.

3. Brandon Nimmo:

   You saw amazing starting pitching and you saw our lineup really grinding it out, that’s how we drew it up. Very relieving to have that one in the books.

4. Tiger Woods:

   Well, it's just fighting it out and grinding it out, but I still say that it's important to miss the ball in the correct spots.

5. Cameron Tringale:

   I’ve been out here a long time. I have n’t won, but I love competing, and I just want to see if I can keep beating guys, sunday they give the trophies away, but you’re really out there grinding and you’re playing against yourself. But it’s just fun to see how I can match up when I ’m playing well and even when I ’m not, just how to manage that and get the most out of each week.