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Crush Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crush? [n] the act of crushing [n] temporary love of an adolescent [n] a dense crowd of people [n] leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated [v] become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" [v] break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" [v] come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [v] make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" [v] crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [v] to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [v] humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation" [v] come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crush: beat \| beat out \| break down \| calf love \| compaction \| 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\| keep under \| kill \| knock down \| lading \| legion \| levigate \| light of love \| likes \| liking \| load \| love \| loved one \| lower \| macerate \| maim \| make mincemeat of \| mangle \| mash \| mass \| master \| masticate \| mill \| mince \| mob \| mortify \| mouthful \| multitude \| mush \| muzzle \| nip \| nonplus \| obliterate \| oppress \| overcome \| overmaster \| overpower \| override \| overthrow \| overturn \| overwhelm \| panoply \| paper pulp \| parry \| pash \| passing fancy \| passion \| paste \| pestle \| pinch \| pith \| plaster \| porridge \| poultice \| pound \| pour water on \| powder \| press \| pressure \| prostrate \| psych out \| pudding \| pulp \| pulp lead \| pulpify \| pulpwood \| pulverize \| puppy love \| push \| put down \| put to silence \| quash \| quell \| quench \| rabble \| rag pulp \| rebut \| reduce \| reduce to powder \| reduce to silence \| refute \| relish \| repress \| ride down \| rout \| ruck \| ruin \| rumple \| sauce \| scatter \| scrunch \| set down \| settle \| shake \| shame \| shard \| shatter \| shiver \| shred \| shut down on \| shut up \| silence \| sit down on \| sit on \| skinful \| smash \| smash all opposition \| smash up \| smother \| snootful \| sorrow \| spate \| splinter \| sponge \| squab \| squash \| squeeze \| squeezing \| squelch \| squish \| stanch \| stifle \| strangle \| stultify \| subdue \| subjugate \| subvert \| suffocate \| sulfate pulp \| sulfite pulp \| suppress \| take down \| taste \| thrash \| throng \| throttle \| tighten \| tightening \| torment \| trample down \| trample underfoot \| tread underfoot \| trip up \| triturate \| truelove \| tweak \| tyrannize \| unbrace \| undermine \| undo \| unman \| unnerve \| unstring \| upset \| vanquish \| wad up \| weakness \| well-beloved \| white lead \| wood pulp \| wreck \| wrinkle See Also \| abase \| alter \| bat \| best \| break \| break up \| bruise \| bruise \| chagrin \| change \| cheat \| checkmate \| chicane \| chouse \| clobber \| come apart \| compressing \| compression \| contuse \| crowd \| defeat \| drub \| eliminate \| exceed \| fall apart \| fragment \| fragmentise \| fragmentize \| get the jump \| grind \| humble \| humiliate \| immobilise \| immobilize \| jockey \| keep down \| leather \| lick \| love \| mate \| mill \| mop up \| mortify \| outdo \| outfight \| outflank \| outgo \| outmatch \| outplay \| outpoint \| outscore \| outstrip \| overcome \| overmaster \| overpower \| overwhelm \| pip \| press \| pulverisation \| pulverization \| quash \| rack up \| reduce \| repress \| rout \| scoop \| screw \| separate \| shaft \| snarl-up \| split up \| spreadeagle \| spread-eagle \| stamp \| steamroller \| subdue \| subjugate \| surmount \| surpass \| telescope \| thrash \| traffic jam \| tread \| trump \| whip \| whomp \| win \| worst \| wring Crush In Webster's Dictionary \Crush\ (kr?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crushed} (kr?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crushing}.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta.] 1. 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. Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. --Lev. xxii. 24. The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii. 25. 2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz. 3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant. 4. To oppress or burden grievously. Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. --Deut. xxviii. 33. 5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. --Sir. W. Scott. {To crush a cup}, to drink. [Obs.] {To crush out}. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress. \Crush\ (kr?sh), v. i. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily. \Crush\, n. 1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. --Addison. 2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception. {Crush hat}, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing. {Crush room}, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer. Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night. --Macaulay.

Crush Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crush?

[n] the act of crushing
[n] temporary love of an adolescent
[n] a dense crowd of people
[n] leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
[v] become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
[v] break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
[v] come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
[v] make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
[v] crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
[v] to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
[v] humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"
[v] come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

Crush In Webster's Dictionary

\Crush\ (kr?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crushed} (kr?sht);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Crushing}.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of.
cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin,
from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to
gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel.
kreysta.]
1. 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.

         Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is
         bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. --Lev. xxii.
                                               24.

         The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and
         crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii.
                                               25.

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

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

         To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
                                               --Dryden.

         Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant.

4. To oppress or burden grievously.

         Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway.
                                               --Deut.
                                               xxviii. 33.

5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

         Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. --Sir.
                                               W. Scott.

{To crush a cup}, to drink. [Obs.]

{To crush out}.
   (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from
       grapes.
   (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.


\Crush\ (kr?sh), v. i.
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller
compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes
easily.


\Crush\, n.
1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction;
   ruin.

         The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
                                               --Addison.

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

{Crush hat}, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under
   the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs;
   hence, any hat not injured by compressing.

{Crush room}, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc.,
   where the audience may promenade or converse during the
   intermissions; a foyer.

         Politics leave very little time for the bow window
         at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the
         opera at night.                       --Macaulay.

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