grinding
/ˈɡɹaɪnd.ɪŋ/ noun C1- The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles; the sound of this action. · Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine.
- The action of grinding a workpiece to change its size, shape, and surface finish. · Grinding sometimes involves tight tolerances on the order of a few microns.
- A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together. · No grinding is allowed on the dance floor at the junior prom: it isn't age-appropriate.
- Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth. · I really hate the grinding to get that 1% chance item.
- The act of doing the daily grind. · A: Hey Bob, how's it goin? B: Meh, I'm tired of grinding, man.
Plural grindings
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When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: “Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf.”
The Ass, on the contrary, had much work to do in grinding the corn-mill and in carrying wood from the forest or burdens from the farm.
The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, “How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens;” and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest.
Still kneeling upon the floor he bent forward and threw all his weight and strength upon some lever, with the result that there came a long, whirling, grinding noise, ending once more in a powerful click.
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