crush (kr sh)v. crushed, crush·ing, crush·es v.tr. 1. To press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure. 2. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder. 3. To put down; subdue: crushed the rebellion. 4. To overwhelm or oppress severely: spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure. 5. To crumple or rumple: crushed the freshly ironed shirt. 6. To hug, especially with great force. 7. To press upon, shove, or crowd. 8. To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing: crush juice from a grape. 9. Archaic To drink; quaff. v.intr. 1. To be or become crushed. 2. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing. n. 1. The act of crushing; extreme pressure. 2. The state of being crushed. 3. A great crowd: a crush of spectators. 4. A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink: orange crush. 5. Informal a. A usually temporary infatuation. b. One who is the object of such an infatuation. 6. A decisive or critical moment or situation. 7. The process of stamping or crushing grapes for wine. [Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.] crush  a·ble adj.crush er n.crush proof (-pr f) adj.Synonyms: crush, mash, pulp, smash, squash2 These verbs mean to press forcefully so as to reduce to a pulpy mass: crushed the rose geranium leaves; mashed the sweet potatoes; pulped raspberries through a sieve; smashed the bamboo stems with a hammer; squashed the wine grapes. See Also Synonyms at crowd1. |
crush1
vb (mainly tr)
1. to press, mash, or squeeze so as to injure, break, crease, etc.
2. (Mining & Quarrying) 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
n
1. a dense crowd, esp at a social occasion
2. the act of crushing; pressure
3. (Cookery) a drink or pulp prepared by or as if by crushing fruit orange crush
4. Informal
a. an infatuation she had a crush on him
b. the person with whom one is infatuated
[from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic kriustan to gnash; see crunch]
crushable adj
crushability n
crusher n
crush2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) 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
Crush a vast crowd of persons or things, 1806; a crowded social gathering, 1832.
Example: a crush of carts and chairs and coaches, 1840.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | crush - leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning |
| 2. | crush - a dense crowd of people crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" snarl-up, traffic jam - a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move | |
| 3. |  crush - temporary love of an adolescent love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" | |
| 4. | crush - the act of crushing compressing, compression - applying pressure | |
| Verb | 1. | crush - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" |
| 2. | crush - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels" press - exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" stamp - crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice" steamroller - crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road" tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine" telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack" | |
| 3. |  crush - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"walk over - beat easily; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship" eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" whomp - beat overwhelmingly get the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" get the jump - be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors" outsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" surmount, master, overcome, subdue, get over - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" outfight - to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans" checkmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" immobilise, immobilize - make defenseless outplay - excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers" | |
| 4. | crush - break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" bruise - break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them" | |
| 5. | crush - humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" | |
| 6. | crush - crush or bruise; "jam a toe" | |
| 7. | crush - make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" | |
| 8. | crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" come apart, break, split up, fall apart, separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
crush
verb
1. squash, pound, break, smash, squeeze, crumble, crunch, mash, compress, press, crumple, pulverize Their vehicle was crushed by an army tank.
3. overcome, overwhelm, put down, subdue, overpower, quash, quell, extinguish, stamp out, vanquish, conquer The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.
4. demoralize, depress, devastate, discourage, humble, put down (slang), humiliate, squash, flatten, deflate, mortify, psych out (informal), dishearten, dispirit, deject Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it.
Translations
crush [krʌʃ]
A. N
1. (= crowd) → aglomeración f, multitud f; [of cars] → masa f
there was an awful crush → hubo la mar de gente
there's always a crush in the tube → el metro va siempre atestado de gente
I lost my handbag in the crush → perdí el bolso en la aglomeración
they died in the crush → murieron aplastados
there was an awful crush → hubo la mar de gente
there's always a crush in the tube → el metro va siempre atestado de gente
I lost my handbag in the crush → perdí el bolso en la aglomeración
they died in the crush → murieron aplastados
2. (= infatuation) → enamoramiento m
to have a crush on sb → estar enamorado de algn, perder la chaveta por algn
to have a crush on sb → estar enamorado de algn, perder la chaveta por algn
3. (Brit) orange crush → naranjada f
B. VT
1. (= squash) → aplastar, apachurrar(Andes, CAm); (= crumple) [+ paper] → estrujar; [+ clothes] → arrugar; (= grind, break up) [+ stones] → triturar, moler; [+ grapes] → exprimir, prensar; [+ garlic] → machacar; [+ ice] → picar; [+ scrap metal] → comprimir
to crush sth into a case → meter algo a la fuerza en una maleta
to crush sth to a pulp → hacer papilla algo
to crush sth into a case → meter algo a la fuerza en una maleta
to crush sth to a pulp → hacer papilla algo
D. CPD crush barrier N → barrera f de seguridad
crush [ˈkrʌʃ]
n
(= infatuation) to have a crush on sb → avoir le béguin pour qn
to have a secret crush on sb → être secrètement amoureux/euse de qn
to have a secret crush on sb → être secrètement amoureux/euse de qn
vt
(= squash) [+ can, banana] → écraser
(= crumple) → froisser
[+ person] (physically) → écraser; (morally, emotionally) [news, sorrow, death] → accabler
to be crushed to death (by vehicle) → se faire écraser
He was crushed to death under the rubble → Il a été écrasé sous les décombres.
to be crushed to death (by vehicle) → se faire écraser
He was crushed to death under the rubble → Il a été écrasé sous les décombres.
(= put down) [+ rebellion, uprising] → écraser; [+ opponent] → écraser
crush barrier n (British) → barrière f de sécurité
crush barrier n (British) → barrière f de sécurité
crush
n
(inf) (= infatuation) → Schwärmerei f; (= object of infatuation) → Schwarm m; to have a crush on somebody → für jdn schwärmen, in jdn verschossen sein (inf); schoolgirl crush → Schulmädchenschwärmerei f
(= drink) → Saftgetränk nt
vt
(= squeeze, press tightly) → quetschen; (= damage) soft fruit etc → zerdrücken, zerquetschen; finger, toes etc → quetschen; (rock, car etc) sb → zerquetschen; (= kill) → zu Tode quetschen; (= grind, break up) spices, garlic → (zer)stoßen; ice → stoßen; ore, stone → zerkleinern, zerstampfen; scrap metal, garbage → zusammenpressen; (= crease) clothes, paper → zerknittern, zerdrücken; (= screw up) paper → zerknüllen; crushed pineapple klein geschnetzelte Ananas; I was crushed between two enormous men in the plane → ich war im Flugzeug zwischen zwei fetten Männern eingequetscht or eingeklemmt; she crushed the child to her breast → sie drückte das Kind fest an die Brust; to crush somebody into something → jdn in etw (acc) → quetschen; to crush something into something → etw in etw (acc) → stopfen
(fig) enemy, hopes, self-confidence, sb → vernichten; revolution, opposition → niederschlagen; (= oppress) people, peasants → unterdrücken; she crushed him with one glance → sie sah ihn vernichtend an, sie warf ihm einen vernichtenden Blick zu; to crush somebody’s spirit → jdn brechen
vi
(clothes, fabric) → knittern, knautschen (inf)
crush [krʌʃ]
crush [krʌʃ]
1. n
2. vt (squash, also) (fig) → schiacciare; (crumple, clothes, paper) → sgualcire; (garlic) → tritare, schiacciare; (ice) → tritare; (000, grapes) → pigiare; (scrap metal) → pressare; (stones) → frantumare
to be crushed to a pulp → essere ridotto/a in poltiglia
to be crushed to a pulp → essere ridotto/a in poltiglia
3. vi (clothes) → sgualcirsi, spiegazzarsi
crush [krʌʃ]
1. n
2. vt (squash, also) (fig) → schiacciare; (crumple, clothes, paper) → sgualcire; (garlic) → tritare, schiacciare; (ice) → tritare; (000, grapes) → pigiare; (scrap metal) → pressare; (stones) → frantumare
to be crushed to a pulp → essere ridotto/a in poltiglia
to be crushed to a pulp → essere ridotto/a in poltiglia
3. vi (clothes) → sgualcirsi, spiegazzarsi
v crush [kraʃ]
1 to squash by squeezing together etc The car was crushed between the two trucks. verpletter, verbrysel يسْحَق، يَهْرُس смачквам (се) (roz)mačkat knuse zerquetschen συνθλίβω aplastar puruks muljuma له شدن؛ خرد شدن murskata, puristaa écraser לְרָסֵק कुचलना gnječiti, drobiti összeprésel meremuk kremja schiacciare 押しつぶす 눌러 부수다 (su)traiškyti, (su)lamdyti saspiest; saberzt remuk verpletteren knuse, klemme, presse (sammen) gnieść esmagar a zdrobi раздавливать rozmliaždiť zmečkati smrskati krossa บีบอัด ezmek 壓碎 розбивати(ся) کچل ڈالنا، پیس ڈالنا đè nát 压碎
2 to crease That material crushes easily. verkreukel ينسَحِق мачкам (се) (z)mačkat se krølle zerknittern τσαλακώνω estrujar, exprimir, prensar kortsuma فشرده شدن rypistyä se froisser לִמחוֹץ सिलवटें पड़ना savijati se összegyűrődik mengusutkan bögglast sgualcire, spiegazzare しわになる 짜부라뜨리다 glamžyti(s) burzīt; burzīties; gumzīt remuk (ver)kreukelen bli krøllet, krølle seg gnieść się, miąć, marszczyć enrugar-se a se şifona мять(ся) rozbiť sa mečkati se saviti skrynkla[] ทำให้เป็นรอยย่น buruşmak, kırışmak 弄皺 роздавлювати, роздушувати پیسنا، پسنا gấp 弄皱
3 to defeat He crushed the rebellion. verpletter يَهْزِم смазвам zlikvidovat, zničit nedkæmpe zerschmettern καταστέλλω, νικώ aniquilar, eliminar maha suruma غلبه کردن kukistaa écraser לְנָצֵח हराना poraziti felmorzsol (ellenállást) mengalahkan kveða niður schiacciare 鎮圧する 진압하다 (su)triuškinti, (nu)malšinti apspiest; sagraut mengalahkan nerslaan knuse tłumić esmagar a reprima подавлять rozdrviť streti ugušiti krossa, tillintetgöra เอาชนะ ezmek, yok etmek 打敗 придушувати; крушити شكست دينا đánh bại 打败
4 to push, press etc together We (were) all crushed into the tiny room. indruk يَحشُر، يَزدَحِـم натъпквам (се) namačkat mase; presse drängen στριμώχνω, πιέζω comprimir kokku kiiluma چپاندن ahtaa entasser לִמעוֹך दबना zbiti összenyom, -zsúfol menjejalkan troða pigiare, stipare 押し込む 밀어넣다 (su)grūsti, (su)spausti saspiest; saspiesties; spiesties; drūzmēties di asak samenpersen presse, stappe wtłaczać, wpychać imprensar a înghesui втискивать natlačiť stisniti zbiti tränga ihop, tränga sig fram เบียดเสียด tıkış(tır)mak 塞到，擠到 товктися دهكا دينا، دبانا xô đẩy 紧抱
n
squeezing or crowding together There's always a crush in the supermarket on Saturdays. gedruk إزدِحام شَديد тъпканица nával, tlačenice tæt trængsel das Gedränge συνωστισμός, σπρωξίδι aglomeración, multitud tunglemine ازدحام tungos cohue דוֹחָק भीड़ gužva tolongás kerumunan troðningur calca, ressa 雑踏 쇄도 spūstis spiešanās; drūzma berhimpit gedrang trengsel tłok, ścisk aperto înghesuială давка nával gneča gužva trängsel สภาพที่คนเบียดเสียด kalabalık, izdiham 擁擠的人群 давка, тиснява هجوم، بهيڑ بهاڑ sự chen nhau 拥挤的人群
adj crushing
overwhelming a crushing defeat. verpletterende ساحِق، ماحِق съкрушителен drtivý knusende überwältigend συντριπτικός aplastante hävitav در هم شکننده murskaava écrasant מוֹחֵץ जबरदस्त हार težak megsemmisítő besar sekali yfirþyrmandi schiacciante 壊滅的な 압도적인 triuškinantis, stulbinantis iznīcinošs; graujošs kalah teruk verpletterend knusende, drepende, knugende druzgocący esmagador zdrobitor сокрушительный drvivý moreč strašan förkrossande ความหลงใหลอย่างมาก ezici, kahredici 壓倒性的 руйнуючий شكست فاش áp đảo 压倒的
crush → يَسحق rozdrtit knuse zerquetschen συνθλίβω aplastar musertaa écraser zdrobiti schiacciare 押しつぶす 으깨다 in elkaar drukken knuse zgnieść esmagar дробить krossa บดละเอียด ezmek ép 压碎
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