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crush
[kruhsh]
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 with someone.
the object of such an infatuation.
Who's your latest crush?
verb phrase
crush on, to have an infatuation with; have a crush on.
She’s been crushing on him for a year.
crush
1/ krʌʃ /
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/ 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
Other Word Forms
- crushable adjective
- crushability noun
- crushably adverb
- crusher noun
- uncrushable adjective
- uncrushed adjective
- well-crushed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of crush1
Word History and Origins
Origin of crush1
Idioms and Phrases
crush it, to do something very well and with enthusiasm.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“It’s like hitting a bullet with a bullet,” someone says, crushing the naive notion of an impregnable “nuclear defense.”
Every character has intriguing, suppressed triggers — crushes, past lovers, mommy issues, jealousies — that would complicate how we interpret their behavior if they weren’t hidden until the end of the film.
And by the time we got to “War Pigs,” he crushed it.
But the couple accidentally hit the “on” switch, and the piano rose to the ceiling, fatally crushing Ferrozzo in the process.
They were crushed in a general election and have gone backwards since.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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