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What is the adjective for grindstone?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb grind which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

grinding
  1. Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.
  2. Hard and tedious.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. cacophonous, grating, screeching, noisy, scraping, abrasive, earsplitting, squealing, discordant, strident, dissonant, jarring, harsh, raucous, shrill, piercing, sharp, squawky, squawking, blaring, ear-piercing, rasping, hoarse, unmelodious, unharmonious, scratchy, brassy, clamorous, ear-splitting, stridulous, jangling, guttural, inharmonious, metallic, tumultuous, penetrating, unmusical, riotous, squeaky, stridulant, clashing, creaking, jangly, caterwauling, astringent, clangorous, rackety, dinning, stridulent, harsh-sounding … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The groan of the grinding hinges seeming as loud as a ghostly moan in the silent kitchen.”
      “Problem-solving of this sort suited his cast of mind, but it was grinding work.”
      “He knew his difficulties were nothing compared to those early privations in the South in those grinding days of upheaval.”
grindable
  1. Capable of being ground.
ground
  1. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
  2. (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
  3. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
  4. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
  5. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
  6. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease so as not to be run out
  7. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
  8. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
  9. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
  10. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. land, dock, anchor, beach, strand, become stranded, run aground, bring down, run ashore, become beached, be high and dry, wash up, reach the shore, get stuck, make stranded, make beached, moor, berth, arrive, shipwreck, drop anchor, founder, go ashore, come ashore, wreck, come in to land, come to berth, make land, be stranded, be stuck, be grounded, come to rest, be beached, run on the rocks, be on the rocks, base, found, establish, set, build, form, root, settle, construct, fix, predicate, rest, hinge, center, hang … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “Therefore, each time a chipped stone ax contacts a tree, it penetrates deeper and does more damage than does a ground ax.”
      “In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef until no pink remains.”
ground
  1. simple past tense and past participle of grind
  2. Synonyms:
      3. land, dock, anchor, beach, strand, become stranded, run aground, bring down, run ashore, become beached, be high and dry, wash up, reach the shore, get stuck, make stranded, make beached, moor, berth, arrive, shipwreck, drop anchor, founder, go ashore, come ashore, wreck, come in to land, come to berth, make land, be stranded, be stuck, be grounded, come to rest, be beached, run on the rocks, be on the rocks, base, found, establish, set, build, form, root, settle, construct, fix, predicate, rest, hinge, center, hang … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Therefore, each time a chipped stone ax contacts a tree, it penetrates deeper and does more damage than does a ground ax.”
      “In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef until no pink remains.”
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