Crush meaning

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To crush is defined as to press hard enough to injure, break into small pieces or beat down emotionally.

An example of to crush is opening an almond with a nut cracker.

An example of to crush is a father telling his son he'll never amount to anything.

verb

To hit or propel with great force.

A swing of the bat that crushed a fastball over the wall.

verb

The definition of a crush is a temporary infatuation with another person.

An example of crush is two elementary school kids being boyfriend and girlfriend.

noun

To press upon, shove, or crowd.

verb

To crumple or rumple.

Crushed the freshly ironed shirt.

verb

To hug, especially with great force.

verb

To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing.

Crush juice from a grape.

verb

To be or become crushed.

Aluminum cans crush easily.

verb

To proceed or move by crowding or pressing.

The fans crushed forward to get a glimpse of the movie star.

verb

The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing.

Matter superheated by the crush of gravity around black holes.

noun

A great crowd.

A crush of spectators.

noun

A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink.

Orange crush.

noun

To press between two opposing forces so as to break or injure; put out of shape or condition by pressure; squeeze together; crumple.

verb

To press, grind, or pound into small particles or into powder.

verb

To subdue or suppress by or as by force; overwhelm.

verb

To oppress harshly.

verb

To force out or extract by pressing or squeezing.

verb

To be or become crushed.

verb

To press forward; crowd (into, against, etc.)

verb

A crushing; severe pressure.

noun

A crowded mass, esp. of people.

noun

An infatuation.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this infatuation.

noun

A violent crowding.

noun

A crowd control barrier.

noun

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

noun

A party, festive function.

noun

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

noun

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.

To crush grapes.

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, crushed, broken or cut. --Lev. xxii.

verb

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.

To crush quartz.

verb

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

After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections.

verb

To oppress or burden grievously.

verb

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.

verb

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

An eggshell crushes easily.

verb

To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.

She's crushing on him.

verb

(sports) To defeat emphatically.

verb

Origin of crush

Middle English crushen from Old French croissir of Germanic origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English cruschen, crousshen, Old French cruisir, croissir, from Late Latin *cruscio, from Frankish *krostjan. Akin to Gothic (kruistan, “to gnash”), Old Swedish krusa, krosa "to crush", Middle Low German krossen (“to break”), Swedish krysta (“to squeeze”), Danish kryste, Icelandic kreysta.

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Crush meaning

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