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See more synonyms for crush on Thesaurus.com 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.). Show More
verb (used without object) to become crushed. to advance with crushing; press or crowd forcibly. Show More
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? Show More
Origin of crush 1300–50; Middle English crus-chen < Middle French cruisir < Germanic; compare Old Swedish krusa, krosa, Middle Low German krossen to crush
Related forms 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 Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for crush throng ,
horde ,
multitude ,
passion ,
crumble ,
beat ,
bruise ,
squash ,
mash ,
break ,
trample ,
squeeze ,
demolish ,
annihilate ,
subdue ,
wreck ,
suppress ,
ruin ,
overpower ,
overwhelm Examples from the Web for crush Contemporary Examples of crush Why would “they” want to crush him just for attempting to buy something twenty years ago?
His high school prom was around the corner, and he had been hanging out with a boy that he had a crush on.
We have a specific idea to attach to THE INTERVIEW that will crush .
The main article called Reflections on the Final Crusade outlines in prophetic terms just how ISIS will crush Christianity.
A new reality series spotlights the extent people will go to impress a crush —from pretending to be deaf to committing theft.
Historical Examples of crush Beneath the car of this Juggernaut we must flout our judgments and crush our affections.
And she seemed about to crush it on the top of the stone balustrade at the edge of the platform.
That's a kind of human feeling you don't want to crush out in a man.
He was daily worse fed, and as the weeks went by was daily less able to crush a foe.
Before, he had looked like a giant; now Wahb felt he could crush him with one paw.
British Dictionary definitions for crush 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 Show More
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 Show More
Derived Forms 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
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 Show More
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Word Origin and History for crush v. mid-14c., from Old French cruissir (Modern French écraser ), variant of croissir "to gnash (teeth), crash, break," perhaps from Frankish *krostjan "to gnash" (cf. Gothic kriustan , Old Swedish krysta "to gnash"). Figurative sense of "to humiliate, demoralize" is c.1600. Related: Crushed ; crushing . Italian crosciare , Catalan cruxir , Spanish crujirare "to crack" are Germanic loan-words.
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n. 1590s, "act of crushing," from crush (v.). Meaning "thick crowd" is from 1806. Sense of "person one is infatuated with" is first recorded 1884; to have a crush on is from 1913.
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