crush

[ kruhsh ]

/ krʌʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.

to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc.

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.

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.
the object of such an infatuation: Who is your latest crush?

Origin of crush

1300–50; Middle English crus-chen < Middle French cruisir < Germanic; compare Old Swedish krusa, krosa, Middle Low German krossen to crush

SYNONYMS FOR crush

1 crumple, rumple.

2 pulverize, powder, mash, crumble.

7 quell, overcome, quash.

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2. See break.

OTHER WORDS FROM crush

crush·a·ble, adjective crush·a·bil·i·ty, noun crush·a·bly, adverb crush·er, noun

un·crush·a·ble, adjective un·crushed, adjective well-crushed, adjective

Words nearby crush

crus of penis, crusade, crusades, crusado, cruse, crush, crush bar, crush barrier, crush syndrome, crush-resistant, crushed velvet

Example sentences from the Web for crushing

Pro-pipeline Democrats, meanwhile, appeared to be searching desperately for ways to turn a crushing defeat into a moral victory.

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“[She] said that at one point I was too heavy, that I was crushing her,” Jonas says.

Nick Jonas Is All Grown Up, Clutching His Penis and Everything |Kevin Fallon |October 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Poverty there is as crushing as elsewhere in Central America, but the gang presence is relatively minimal.

The Deported L.A. Gangs Behind This Border Kid Crisis |Michael Daly |July 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But the question bears asking: Is a student winding up with a crushing debt burden really a better situation than that one?

Did Needs-Blind Admission Create the College Debt Crisis? |John McWhorter |July 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

It has been a short and often brutal life for Iraq, marked by imperial conquest, war, and crushing despotism.

Vets Pick the Best Books About Iraq |The Daily Beast |July 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Never knew there was such a place,' Gillingham put in with crushing emphasis.

Blood Royal |Grant Allen
A buzzing noise came from one of the apartments, as though a thousand hands were crushing silk paper between the fingers.

Crimes of Charity |Konrad Bercovici
The same is true of any crushing blow of fortune, precisely in so far as it crushes.

The Sources Of Religious Insight |Josiah Royce
Between them, Austria and Russia have succeeded in crushing the Sultan's ambition for the present.

The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 57, December 9, 1897 |Various
Another feeling took its place—the crushing sense of his impotence.

The Captain of the Janizaries |James M. Ludlow

British Dictionary definitions for crushing (1 of 2)

crush ¹

/ (krʌʃ) /

verb (mainly tr)

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 infatuationshe had a crush on him
the person with whom one is infatuated

Derived forms of crush

crushable, adjective crushability, noun crusher, noun

Word Origin for crush

C14: from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic kriustan to gnash; see crunch

British Dictionary definitions for crushing (2 of 2)

crush ²

/ (krʌʃ) /

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

Idioms and Phrases with crushing

crush

see have a crush on.

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crush

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verb (used without object)

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Origin of crush

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