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1. grinding (a)

18 synonyms
# Word Frequency Likes Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. abrasive 1.66 8 letters 15 synonyms
2. arduous 1.51 7 letters 45 synonyms
3. cruel 13.2 5 letters 76 synonyms
4. crushing 6.76 8 letters 42 synonyms
5. disintegrating 0.53 14 letters 12 synonyms
6. gruelling 0.32 9 letters 13 synonyms
7. hard 339 4 letters 162 synonyms
8. harsh 13.8 5 letters 158 synonyms
9. laborious 0.63 9 letters 45 synonyms
10. onerous 0.83 7 letters 40 synonyms
11. oppressive 2.82 10 letters 69 synonyms
12. rasping 0.2 7 letters 49 synonyms
13. rough 30.9 5 letters 140 synonyms
14. severe 36.3 6 letters 170 synonyms
15. strenuous 1.32 9 letters 40 synonyms
16. tedious 3.16 7 letters 63 synonyms
17. unmerciful 0.05 10 letters 21 synonym
18. unrelenting 0.83 11 letters 61 synonym

2. grinding (Adjective)

1 definition
grinding (Adjective) —   Crushing and oppressive 1 example
1. ex. "grinding poverty"

3. grinding (Noun)

3 synonyms
# Word Frequency Likes Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. abrasion 0.81 8 letters 31 synonym
2. attrition 1.45 9 letters 29 synonyms
3. detrition 0 9 letters 6 synonyms
3 definitions
grinding (Noun) —   Material resulting from the process of grinding 1 example
1. ex. "vegetable grindings clogged the drain"
grinding (Noun) —   A harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
grinding (Noun) —   The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water, wind or ice
9 types of
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. atom 4 letters 21 synonym
2. corpuscle 9 letters 7 synonyms
3. friction 8 letters 35 synonyms
4. molecule 8 letters 15 synonyms
5. mote 4 letters 14 synonyms
6. noise 5 letters 58 synonyms
7. particle 8 letters 47 synonyms
8. rubbing 7 letters 16 synonyms
9. speck 5 letters 58 synonyms

4. grinding (Verb)

16 synonyms
# Word Frequency Likes Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. braying 0.15 7 letters 0 synonyms
2. comminuting 0 11 letters 0 synonyms
3. cranching 0 9 letters 0 synonyms
4. craunching 0 10 letters 0 synonyms
5. crunching 1.41 9 letters 0 synonyms
6. digging 9.77 7 letters 28 synonyms
7. drudging 0.03 8 letters 8 synonyms
8. fagging 0.02 7 letters 0 synonyms
9. grating 1.38 7 letters 37 synonyms
10. laboring 0.39 8 letters 12 synonyms
11. labouring 0.36 9 letters 12 synonyms
12. mashing 0.32 7 letters 0 synonyms
13. moiling 0 7 letters 0 synonyms
14. scrunching 0.07 10 letters 0 synonyms
15. toiling 0.43 7 letters 8 synonyms
16. travailing 0.01 10 letters 0 synonyms
7 definitions
grinding (Verb) —   Press or grind with a crushing noise
grinding (Verb) —   Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together 1 example
1. ex. "grind one's teeth in anger"
grinding (Verb) —   Work hard 1 example
1. ex. "Lexicographers grind all day long"
grinding (Verb) —   Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
grinding (Verb) —   Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading 1 example
1. ex. "grind the spices in a mortar"
grinding (Verb) —   Create by grinding 1 example
1. ex. "grind designs into the glass bowl"
grinding (Verb) —   Shape or form by grinding 1 example
1. ex. "grind lenses for glasses and cameras"
17 types of
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. breaking up 10 letters 0 synonyms
2. creating 8 letters 0 synonyms
3. dancing 7 letters 5 synonyms
4. doing work 9 letters 0 synonyms
5. forging 7 letters 16 synonyms
6. forming 7 letters 18 synonyms
7. fragmenting 11 letters 0 synonyms
8. fragmentising 13 letters 0 synonyms
9. fragmentizing 13 letters 0 synonyms
10. making 6 letters 89 synonyms
11. molding 7 letters 28 synonyms
12. moulding 8 letters 20 synonyms
13. pressing 8 letters 44 synonyms
14. shaping 7 letters 39 synonyms
15. tripping the light fantastic 25 letters 0 synonyms
16. tripping the light fantastic toe 28 letters 0 synonyms
17. working 7 letters 74 synonyms
8 types
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. chewing 7 letters 13 synonyms
2. gnashing 8 letters 0 synonyms
3. jawing 6 letters 0 synonyms
4. manducating 11 letters 0 synonyms
5. masticating 11 letters 0 synonyms
6. milling 7 letters 7 synonyms
7. pestling 8 letters 0 synonyms
8. pulping 7 letters 0 synonyms
1 see also
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. grind down 9 letters 2 synonyms
9 misspelling
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All synonyms in one line
abrasive, arduous, cruel, crushing, disintegrating, en.synonym.one, gruelling, hard, harsh, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rasping, rough, severe, strenuous, tedious, unmerciful, unrelenting, abrasion, attrition, detrition, braying, comminuting, cranching, craunching, crunching, en.synonym.one, digging, drudging, fagging, grating, laboring, labouring, mashing, moiling, scrunching, toiling, travailing.
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