Chop vs. Grind

Chopnoun

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

‘I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.’;

Grindverb

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

Chopnoun

A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.

‘It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.’;

Grindverb

(transitive) To shape with the force of friction.

‘grind a lens; grind an axe’;

Chopnoun

(martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.

‘A karate chop.’;

Grindverb

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

Chopnoun

Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.

Grindverb

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

‘This corn grinds well.’; ‘Steel grinds to a sharp edge.’;

Chopnoun

(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.

‘With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.’;

Grindverb

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Chopnoun

Termination, especially from employment.

Grindverb

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

Chopnoun

(dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.

Grindverb

(transitive) To oppress, hold down or weaken.

Chopnoun

A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

Grindverb

To rotate the hips erotically.

Chopnoun

A jaw of an animal.

Grindverb

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

Chopnoun

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.

Grindverb

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

Chopnoun

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

‘East Chop; West Chop’;

Grindverb

(transitive) To operate by turning a crank.

‘to grind an organ’;

Chopnoun

An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.

Grindverb

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

Chopnoun

A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.

‘silk of the first chop’;

Grindverb

To instill through repetitive teaching.

‘Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.’;

Chopnoun

A license or passport that has been sealed.

Grindverb

To eat.

‘Eh, brah, let's go grind.’;

Chopnoun

(internet) An IRC channel operator.

Grindverb

To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

Chopverb

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

‘chop wood; chop an onion’;

Grindverb

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

Chopverb

(transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.

‘Chop off his head.’;

Grindnoun

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

Chopverb

(transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.

Grindnoun

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

Chopverb

To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.

Grindnoun

A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.

‘This bag contains espresso grind.’;

Chopverb

(poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. en

Grindnoun

A tedious and laborious task.

‘This homework is a grind.’;

Chopverb

(intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.

Grindnoun

A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.

Chopverb

(intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

Grindnoun

One who studies hard; a swot.

Chopverb

(intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.

Grindnoun

(uncountable) Grindcore subgenre of heavy metal

Chopverb

To remove the final character from (a text string).

Grindnoun

(slang) hustle

Chopverb

(obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.

Grindnoun

A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

Chopverb

To chap or crack.

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.

‘Take the millstones, and grind meal.’;

Chopverb

(nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.

‘The wind chops about.’;

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.

Chopverb

To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

Grindverb

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

‘To grind the subject or defraud the prince.’;

Chopverb

To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; - often with up.

Grindverb

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

Chopverb

To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; - usually with off or down.

‘Chop off your hand, and it to the king.’;

Grindverb

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

‘Send theeInto the common prison, there to grind.’;

Chopverb

To seize or devour greedily; - with up.

‘Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up.’;

Grindverb

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

Chopverb

To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

Grindverb

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

Chopverb

To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

‘Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.’;

Grindverb

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

Chopverb

To interrupt; - with in or out.

‘This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.’;

Grindverb

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

Chopverb

To barter or truck.

Grindnoun

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

Chopverb

To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

‘We go on chopping and changing our friends.’;

Grindnoun

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

Chopverb

To purchase by way of truck.

Grindnoun

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

Chopverb

To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

Grindnoun

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

Chopverb

To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

‘Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.’;

Grindnoun

hard monotonous routine work

Chopverb

To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

Grindnoun

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

Chopnoun

A change; a vicissitude.

Grindverb

press or grind with a crunching noise

Chopnoun

The act of chopping; a stroke.

Grindverb

make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together;

‘grate one's teeth in anger’;

Chopnoun

A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

Grindverb

reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;

‘grind the spices in a mortar’; ‘mash the garlic’;

Chopnoun

A crack or cleft. See Chap.

Grindverb

work hard;

‘She was digging away at her math homework’; ‘Lexicographers drudge all day long’;

Chopnoun

A jaw of an animal; - commonly in the pl. See Chops.

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

Chopnoun

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

Grindverb

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

‘grind some black pepper over the salad’; ‘she ground up the rice prior to boiling’;

Chopnoun

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

Grindverb

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

‘power from a waterwheel was used to grind cutlery’;

Chopnoun

Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

Grindverb

operate (a mill or machine) by turning the handle

‘she was grinding a coffee mill’;

Chopnoun

A permit or clearance.

Grindverb

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

‘the old mill was grinding again’;

Chopnoun

a small cut of meat including part of a rib

Grindverb

rub or cause to rub together gratingly

‘he keeps me awake at night, grinding his teeth’; ‘tectonic plates that inexorably grind against each other’;

Chopnoun

a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball

Grindverb

press or rub (something) into a surface

‘she ground a half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray’;

Chopnoun

a grounder that bounces high in the air

Grindverb

move noisily and laboriously

‘the truck was grinding slowly up the hill’;

Chopverb

cut into pieces;

‘Chop wood’; ‘chop meat’;

Grindverb

(of a dancer) gyrate the hips erotically

‘go-go girls grinding to blaring disco’;

Chopverb

move suddenly

Grindverb

have sexual intercourse.

Chopverb

strike sharply, as in some sports

Grindnoun

a crushing or grating sound or motion

‘the slow grind of the US legal system’; ‘the crunch and grind of bulldozers’;

Chopverb

cut with a hacking tool

Grindnoun

the size of ground particles

‘only the right grind gives you all the fine flavour’;

Chopverb

hit sharply

Grindnoun

hard dull work

‘relief from the daily grind’;

Chopverb

cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife

‘they chopped up the pulpit for firewood’; ‘finely chop the parsley’;

Grindnoun

an excessively hard-working student.

Chopverb

remove something by cutting

‘they chopped off all her hair’;

Grindnoun

a private tuition class

‘experienced teacher offers grinds in Maths and Irish, to all levels’;

Chopverb

cut through the base of (a tree or similar plant) with blows from an axe or other implement, in order to fell it

‘the boy chopped down eight trees’;

Grindnoun

a dancer's erotic gyration of the hips

‘a bump and grind’;

Chopverb

strike (something) with a short heavy blow, as if cutting at something

‘Benson chopped the ball on to the stumps’;

Grindnoun

an act of sexual intercourse.

Chopverb

abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless

‘their training courses are to be chopped’;

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.

Chopverb

change one's opinions or behaviour repeatedly and abruptly

‘teachers are fed up with having to chop and change with every twist in government policy’;

Chopnoun

a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand

‘an effective chop to the back of the neck’;

Chopnoun

a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib

‘he lived on liver or chops’;

Chopnoun

a person's share of something.

Chopnoun

crushed or ground grain used as animal feed

‘the pile of chop was dropped into the calves' feeder’;

Chopnoun

the broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide

‘we started our run into a two-foot chop’;

Chopnoun

a trademark; a brand of goods.