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crush
[ kruhsh ]
verb (used with object)
- to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
Synonyms: ,
- to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to force out by pressing or squeezing; extract:
to crush cottonseeds in order to produce oil.
- to rumple; wrinkle; crease.
- to smooth or flatten by pressure:
to crush leather.
- to hug or embrace forcibly or strongly:
He crushed her in his arms.
- to destroy, subdue, or suppress utterly:
to crush a revolt.
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- to overwhelm with confusion, chagrin, or humiliation, as by argumentation or a slighting action or remark; squelch.
- to oppress grievously.
- Archaic. to finish drinking (wine, ale, etc.).
verb (used without object)
- to become crushed.
- to advance with crushing; press or crowd forcibly.
noun
- the act of crushing; state of being crushed.
- a great crowd:
a crush of shoppers.
- Informal.
- an intense but usually short-lived infatuation with someone.
- the object of such an infatuation:
Who's your latest crush?
verb phrase
- Informal. to have an infatuation with; have a crush on:
She’s been crushing on him for a year.
crush
1/ ʌʃ /
verb
- to press, mash, or squeeze so as to injure, break, crease, etc
- to break or grind (rock, ore, etc) into small particles
- to put down or subdue, esp by force
to crush a rebellion
- to extract (juice, water, etc) by pressing
to crush the juice from a lemon
- to oppress harshly
- to hug or clasp tightly
he crushed her to him
- to defeat or humiliate utterly, as in argument or by a cruel remark
- intr to crowd; throng
- intr to become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
noun
- a dense crowd, esp at a social occasion
- the act of crushing; pressure
- a drink or pulp prepared by or as if by crushing fruit
orange crush
- informal.
- an infatuation
she had a crush on him
- the person with whom one is infatuated
crush
2/ ʌʃ /
noun
- vet science a construction designed to confine and limit the movement of an animal, esp a large or dangerous animal, for examination or to perform a procedure on it
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, noun
- ˌܲˈٲ, noun
- ˈܲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲa· adjective
- ܲa·i·ٲ noun
- ܲa· adverb
- ܲİ noun
- un·ܲa· adjective
- ܲ·ܲ adjective
- ɱ-ܲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crush1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crush1
Idioms and Phrases
- crush it, Informal. to do something very well and with enthusiasm.
More idioms and phrases containing crush
see have a crush on .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Popular discontent emboldened both the Nazis and the Communists, and increasingly, industrial and banking leaders came to see Hitler as the weapon they could wield to crush the radical left.
Even the normally loquacious president stopped only briefly to talk with the crush of reporters on his way to board the Marine One helicopter on the first leg of his journey to Florida.
The civil suit claims Paredes suffered several bruises and broken bones, including a broken hyoid bone, which is in the front of the neck, and a partially crushed vertebra.
As crushing as coming home can be, it can produce these virtuous, alluring thoughts.
In the aftermath of the 2007-08 writers’ strike, roles for the blooming actor became harder to come by — a situation that was made more dire by the nation’s crushing financial crisis.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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