Crush vs. Grinding
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;
Grindingnoun
The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.
Grindingnoun
(dance) A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.
Grindingnoun
(online gaming) Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.
Grindingadjective
Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.
Grindingadjective
Hard and tedious.
Grindingadjective
from Grind.
Grindingnoun
matter resulting from the process of grinding;
Grindingnoun
a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
Grindingnoun
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
