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crush
[ kruhsh ]
verb (used with object)
- to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
Synonyms: ,
- to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc.
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- 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.
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- 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 with someone.
- the object of such an infatuation:
Who's your latest crush?
verb phrase
- Informal. to have an infatuation with; have a crush on:
She鈥檚 been crushing on him for a year.
crush
1/ 办谤蕦蕛 /
verb
- 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 infatuation
she had a crush on him
- the person with whom one is infatuated
crush
2/ 办谤蕦蕛 /
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
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
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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of crush1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of crush1
Idioms and Phrases
- crush it, Informal. to do something very well and with enthusiasm.
More idioms and phrases containing crush
see have a crush on .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
LOUSIVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Common sense tells you that the pressure of being the favorite in the Kentucky Derby can be crushing.
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.
Their bodies were found buried in shallow graves a week later next to the crushed vehicles.
"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."
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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