Definition of "grinding" []

• Present participle of grind. (verb)
• The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles. (noun)
• A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together. (noun)
• Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth. (noun)
• Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding. (adjective)

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• "The mode of grinding corn here, if I may use the term grinding, is of the most primitive character possible."
• "Especially the term grinding, because no other gamer jargon inspires as much innuendo."
• "The main reason that the correlation between soft socialism and grinding poverty is so high is that the correlation between human existance and what we refer to as grinding poverty is extremely high."