Chaw vs. Grind

Chawnoun

Chewing tobacco.

Chawnoun

(countable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.

Chawnoun

(obsolete) The jaw.

Chawverb

To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud)

Chawverb

To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider

Chawverb

To steal.

Chawverb

To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

Chawverb

To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.

Chawnoun

As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid.

Chawnoun

The jaw.

Chawnoun

a wad of something chewable as tobacco

Chawverb

chew without swallowing;

Grindverb

(transitive) To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

Grindverb

(transitive) To shape with the force of friction.

Grindverb

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

Grindverb

(intransitive) To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

Grindverb

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Grindverb

To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.

Grindverb

(transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.

Grindverb

To rotate the hips erotically.

Grindverb

(slang) To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.

Grindverb

To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.

Grindverb

(transitive) To operate by turning a crank.

Grindverb

To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.

Grindverb

To instill through repetitive teaching.

Grindverb

To eat.

Grindverb

To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

Grindverb

To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.

Grindnoun

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Grindnoun

Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.

Grindnoun

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

Grindnoun

A tedious and laborious task.

Grindnoun

A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

Grindnoun

One who studies hard; a swot.

Grindnoun

(uncountable) Grindcore subgenre of heavy metal

Grindnoun

(slang) hustle

Grindnoun

A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

Grindverb

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

Grindverb

To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

Grindverb

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

Grindverb

To study hard for examination; - commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies.

Grindverb

To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

Grindverb

To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

Grindverb

To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

Grindverb

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Grindverb

To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.

Grindnoun

The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

Grindnoun

Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.

Grindnoun

A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk.

Grindnoun

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

Grindnoun

hard monotonous routine work

Grindnoun

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

Grindverb

press or grind with a crunching noise

Grindverb

make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;

Grindverb

reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

Grindverb

work hard;

Grindverb

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

Grindverb

reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it

Grindverb

sharpen, smooth, or produce (something) by crushing or by friction

Grindverb

operate (a mill or machine) by turning the handle

Grindverb

(of a mill or machine) work with a crushing action

Grindverb

rub or cause to rub together gratingly

Grindverb

press or rub (something) into a surface

Grindverb

move noisily and laboriously

Grindverb

(of a dancer) gyrate the hips erotically

Grindverb

have sexual intercourse.

Grindnoun

a crushing or grating sound or motion

Grindnoun

the size of ground particles

Grindnoun

hard dull work

Grindnoun

an excessively hard-working student.

Grindnoun

a private tuition class

Grindnoun

a dancer's erotic gyration of the hips

Grindnoun

an act of sexual intercourse.

Grind

A blade's grind is its cross-sectional shape in a plane normal to the edge. Grind differs from blade profile, which is the blade's cross-sectional shape in the plane containing the blade's edge and the centre contour of the blade's back (meaning the shape of the blade when viewed from the side, i.e.