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crush  (krsh)

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.

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[Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.]

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crusha·ble adj.

crusher n.

crushproof (-prf) 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.

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crush

Verb

1. to press or squeeze so as to injure, break, or put out of shape

2. to break or grind into small pieces

3. to control or subdue by force

4. to extract (liquid) by pressing: crush a clove of garlic

5. to defeat or humiliate utterly

6. to crowd together

Noun

1. a dense crowd

2. the act of crushing

3. Informal an infatuation: I had a teenage crush on my French teacher

4. a drink made by crushing fruit: orange crush [Old French croissir]

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Crush a vast crowd of persons or things, 1806; a crowded social gathering, 1832.

Example: a crush of carts and chairs and coaches, 1840.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crush - leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated crushed leather leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
	2.	crush - a dense crowd of people jam, press 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       calf love, puppy love, infatuation 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 compaction, crunch compressing, compression - applying pressure pulverisation, pulverization, grind, mill - the act of grinding to a powder or dust
Verb	1.	crush - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" oppress, suppress quash, repress, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reduce - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
	2.	crush - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" mash, squash, squeeze, squelch 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" beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, shell outscore, outpoint - score more points than one's opponents 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" worst, whip, mop up, pip, rack up - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" 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" spreadeagle, rout, spread-eagle - defeat disastrously get the jump - be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors" chicane, chouse, jockey, cheat, shaft, screw - defeat someone through trickery or deceit 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" best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" outfight - to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans" overmaster, overpower, overwhelm - overcome by superior force 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" drub, lick, clobber, cream, bat, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
	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" demolish, smash abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
	6.	crush - crush or bruise; "jam a toe" jam bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"
	7.	crush - make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" break down alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	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"

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crush

verb 1. squash, pound, break, smash, squeeze, crumble, crunch, mash, compress, press, crumple, pulverize

verb 2. crease, wrinkle, crumple, rumple, scrumple, ruffle

verb 3. overcome, overwhelm, put down, subdue, overpower, quash, quell, extinguish, stamp out, vanquish, conquer

verb 4. demoralize, depress, devastate, discourage, humble, put down (slang) humiliate, squash, flatten, deflate, mortify, psych out (informal) dishearten, dispirit, deject

verb 5. squeeze, press, embrace, hug, enfold

noun 6. crowd, mob, horde, throng, press, pack, mass, jam, herd, huddle, swarm, multitude, rabble

Translations

crush [krʌʃ] n (= crowd) → aglomeración f

vt (gen) → aplastar [+ paper]; estrujar [+ cloth]; arrugar (= grind, break up) [+ garlic, ice] → picar [+ fruit]; exprimir [+ grapes]; exprimir, prensar;

to have a crush on sb → estar enamorado de algn

crush [krʌʃ] n (= crowd) → foule f, cohue f (= love);

to have a crush on sb → avoir le béguin pour qn (= drink);

lemon crush → citron pressé vt → écraser (= crumple); froisser (= grind, break up) [+ garlic, ice] → piler: [+ grapes]; presser [+ hopes]; anéantir

crush [krʌʃ] n (crowd) → Gedränge nt

vt → quetschen;

(grapes) → zerquetschen;

(paper, clothes) → zerknittern;

(garlic, ice) → (zer)stoßen;

(defeat) → niederschlagen;

(devastate) → vernichten;

to have a crush on sb (love) → für jdn schwärmen;

lemon crush → Zitronensaftgetränk nt

crush [krʌʃ] n → folla (= love): to have a crush on sb → avere una cotta per qn;

(drink): lemon crush → spremuta di limone

vt → schiacciare (= crumple); sgualcire (= grind, break up) [+ garlic, ice] → tritare: [+ grapes]; pigiare

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crush

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 구겨지다 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，擠壓 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 혼잡 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 ˈcrushing

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 壓倒的 руйнуючий شكست فاش áp đảo 压倒的