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crush

[ kruhsh ]

verb (used with object)

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

    Synonyms: ,

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

    Synonyms: , , ,

  3. to force out by pressing or squeezing; extract:

    to crush cottonseeds in order to produce oil.

  4. to rumple; wrinkle; crease.
  5. to smooth or flatten by pressure:

    to crush leather.

  6. to hug or embrace forcibly or strongly:

    He crushed her in his arms.

  7. to destroy, subdue, or suppress utterly:

    to crush a revolt.

    Synonyms: , ,

  8. to overwhelm with confusion, chagrin, or humiliation, as by argumentation or a slighting action or remark; squelch.
  9. to oppress grievously.
  10. Archaic. to finish drinking (wine, ale, etc.).


verb (used without object)

  1. to become crushed.
  2. to advance with crushing; press or crowd forcibly.

noun

  1. the act of crushing; state of being crushed.
  2. a great crowd:

    a crush of shoppers.

  3. Informal.
    1. an intense but usually short-lived infatuation with someone.
    2. the object of such an infatuation:

      Who's your latest crush?

verb phrase

  1. Informal. to have an infatuation with; have a crush on:

    She鈥檚 been crushing on him for a year.

crush

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/ 办谤蕦蕛 /

verb

  1. to press, mash, or squeeze so as to injure, break, crease, etc
  2. to break or grind (rock, ore, etc) into small particles
  3. to put down or subdue, esp by force

    to crush a rebellion

  4. to extract (juice, water, etc) by pressing

    to crush the juice from a lemon

  5. to oppress harshly
  6. to hug or clasp tightly

    he crushed her to him

  7. to defeat or humiliate utterly, as in argument or by a cruel remark
  8. intr to crowd; throng
  9. intr to become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a dense crowd, esp at a social occasion
  2. the act of crushing; pressure
  3. a drink or pulp prepared by or as if by crushing fruit

    orange crush

  4. informal.
    1. an infatuation

      she had a crush on him

    2. the person with whom one is infatuated
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

crush

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/ 办谤蕦蕛 /

noun

  1. 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠谤耻蝉丑别谤, noun
  • 藢肠谤耻蝉丑补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
  • 藞肠谤耻蝉丑补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠谤耻蝉丑顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 肠谤耻蝉丑顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 肠谤耻蝉丑顎僡路产濒测 adverb
  • 肠谤耻蝉丑顎侥谤 noun
  • un路肠谤耻蝉丑顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠谤耻蝉丑别诲顎 adjective
  • 飞别濒濒顎-肠谤耻蝉丑别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of crush1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English cruschen, crusshen, from Middle French croi(s)sir, cruisir 鈥渢o gnash one's teeth, make a crashing or cracking sound, crackle, rustle, smash,鈥 Medieval Latin 肠谤耻蝉肠墨谤别 鈥渢o crackle,鈥 from Germanic; compare Gothic kriustan 鈥渢o crunch, grind,鈥 Old Swedish krusa, krosa 鈥渢o crush,鈥 办谤测虅蝉迟补 鈥渢o gnash (one's teeth),鈥 Middle Low German krossen 鈥渢o crush鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of crush1

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

Idioms
  1. crush it, Informal. to do something very well and with enthusiasm.

More idioms and phrases containing crush

see have a crush on .
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Synonym Study

See break.
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Example Sentences

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LOUSIVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Common sense tells you that the pressure of being the favorite in the Kentucky Derby can be crushing.

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Optimism that public opinion would sway their government鈥檚 leaders on matters of war and peace had been steadily crushed while carnage in Southeast Asia continued.

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Their bodies were found buried in shallow graves a week later next to the crushed vehicles.

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"If you cycle and you'd really rather not have your head crushed by the wheel of a bus you're described as militant or radical."

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Last week, the chief of 鈥60 Minutes鈥 quit, citing corporate pressure that crushed his editorial independence.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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