Crush

[krʌʃ]

Definition

(noun.) the act of crushing.

(noun.) a dense crowd of people.

(verb.) break into small pieces; 'The car crushed the toy'.

(verb.) become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; 'The plastic bottle crushed against the wall'.

(verb.) humiliate or depress completely; 'She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation'; 'The death of her son smashed her'.

Editor: Rebekah--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

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

(v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.

(v. t.) To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

(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.

(n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

(n.) Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.

Inputed by Elvira

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Compress, squeeze, bruise, contuse.[2]. Break, crumble, disintegrate, comminute, bray, CRAZE.[3]. Demolish, break down.[4]. Overpower, overcome, overwhelm, subdue, quell, conquer.

Checker: Sophia

Definition

v.t. to break or bruise: to squeeze together: to beat down or overwhelm: to subdue: to ruin.—v.i. to become broken under pressure.—n. a violet squeezing: a vast crowd of persons or things.—adj. Crushed broken by pressure: subdued: oppressed.—ns. Crush′er he who or that which crushes or subdues: (slang) a policeman; Crush′-hat a hat so constructed as to collapse and become flat: an opera-hat.—adj. Crush′ing bruising: overwhelming.—adv. Crush′ingly.—n. Crush′-room a room in a theatre &c. where the audience may promenade during the intervals of the entertainment.—Crush a cup to empty a cup: to quaff.—Crushed strawberry of the colour of strawberries that have been crushed.

Checked by Edwin

Examples

Checker: Rosalind

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