Crush vs. Grind

Crushnoun

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

Crushnoun

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

Crushnoun

A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

Crushnoun

A violent crowding.

Crushnoun

A crowd control barrier.

Crushnoun

An infatuation or affection for someone you are not dating.

Crushnoun

The human object of such infatuation or affection.

Crushnoun

A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.

Crushnoun

(dated) A party or festive function.

Crushnoun

(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in.

Crushverb

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.

Crushverb

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding

Crushverb

(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

Crushverb

To oppress or grievously burden.

Crushverb

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

Crushverb

(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

Crushverb

(intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

Crushverb

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.

Crushverb

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

Crushverb

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

Crushverb

To oppress or burden grievously.

Crushverb

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

Crushverb

to subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch.

Crushverb

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

Crushnoun

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

Crushnoun

Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.

Crushnoun

leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

Crushnoun

a dense crowd of people

Crushnoun

temporary love of an adolescent

Crushnoun

the act of crushing

Crushverb

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

Crushverb

to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;

Crushverb

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

Crushverb

break into small pieces;

Crushverb

humiliate or depress completely;

Crushverb

crush or bruise;

Crushverb

make ineffective;

Crushverb

become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;

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.