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crush
(krŭsh)v. crushed, crush·ing, crush·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure: The falling rock crushed the car.
b. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
2.
a. To put down with force; subdue: The regime crushed the rebellion.
b. To overwhelm or oppress severely: spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure.
c. To defeat overwhelmingly: Our team was crushed in the playoffs.
3. To crumple or rumple: crushed the freshly ironed shirt.
4. To hug, especially with great force.
5. To hit or propel with great force: a swing of the bat that crushed a fastball over the wall.
6. To press upon, shove, or crowd.
7. To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing: crush juice from a grape.
v.intr.
1. To be or become crushed: Aluminum cans crush easily.
2. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing: The fans crushed forward to get a glimpse of the movie star.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing: matter superheated by the crush of gravity around black holes.
2. A great crowd: a crush of spectators.
3. A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink: orange crush.
4. Informal
a. A usually temporary infatuation: had a crush on her friend's cousin.
b. One who is the object of such an infatuation.
crush on Slang
To be infatuated with (someone).
[Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.]
crush′a·ble adj.
crush′er n.
crush′proof′ (-pro͞of′) adj.
Synonyms: crush, mash, 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; smashed the bamboo stems with a hammer; squashed the wine grapes. See Also Synonyms at crowd1.
These verbs mean to press forcefully so as to reduce to a pulpy mass: crushed the rose geranium leaves; mashed the sweet potatoes; smashed the bamboo stems with a hammer; squashed the wine grapes. See Also Synonyms at crowd1.
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crush
(krʌʃ)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
10. a dense crowd, esp at a social occasion
11. the act of crushing; pressure
12. (Cookery) a drink or pulp prepared by or as if by crushing fruit: orange crush.
13. informal
a. an infatuation: she had a crush on him.
b. the person with whom one is infatuated
[C14: from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic kriustan to gnash; see crunch]
ˈcrushable adj
ˌcrushaˈbility n
ˈcrusher n
crush
(krʌʃ)n
(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
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crush
(krʌʃ)v.t.
1. to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
2. to pound into small particles, as stone.
3. to wrinkle or crease.
4. to force out by pressing or squeezing.
5. to hug or embrace tightly.
6. to suppress utterly and often forcibly: to crush a revolt.
7. to squelch or humiliate.
8. to oppress grievously.
v.i. 9. to become crushed.
10. to advance forcibly.
n. 11. the act of crushing or the state of being crushed.
12. a great crowd; throng.
13. Informal.
a. an intense but usu. short-lived infatuation.
b. the object of such an infatuation.
[1300–50; Middle English cruschen < Middle French cruisir < Germanic; compare Middle Low German krossen, early Swedish krusa, krosa to crush]
crush′a•ble, adj.
crush′er, n.
crush′proof`, adj.
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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.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
crush
Past participle: crushed
Gerund: crushing
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| 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" |
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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.
noun
1. crowd, mob, horde, throng, press, pack, mass, jam, herd, huddle, swarm, multitude, rabble They got separated from each other in the crush.
2. infatuation, passion, obsession, fixation I developed a teenage crush on one of my teachers.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
crush
verb3. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
Idiom: put the lid on.
4. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:
5. To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of:
6. To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion:
1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:
2. Informal. An extravagant, short-lived romantic attachment:
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Translations
إزدِحام شَديديَحشُر، يَزدَحِـميَسْحَقُيسْحَق، يَهْرُسينسَحِق
drtitmačkatmačkat senamačkatnával
knusekrøllemasenedkæmpepresse
musertaanujertaapuristusräytyäriutua
zdrobiti
felmorzsolösszegyűrődik
bögglastkremjakveîa niîurtroîatroîningur
押しつぶす
으깨다
lamdytimalšintispaustispūstissulamdyti
apspiestburzītburzītiesdrūzmadrūzmēties
natlačiť
zmečkati
förälskelsekrossa
บดละเอียด
ép
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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crush
(kraʃ) verb1. to squash by squeezing together etc. The car was crushed between the two trucks.
2. to crease. That material crushes easily.
3. to defeat. He crushed the rebellion.
4. to push, press etc together. We (were) all crushed into the tiny room.
noun squeezing or crowding together. There's always a crush in the supermarket on Saturdays.
ˈcrushing adjective overwhelming. a crushing defeat.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
crush
→ يَسْحَقُ drtit 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
crush
v. triturar, moler, aplastar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
crush
vt (one’s finger, hand, etc.) aplastar, machucar; (a tablet) triturar (form), molerEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.