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crush

Noun

∙ A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
∙ Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
∙ Crowd which produces uncomfortable pressure.
∙ A violent crowding
∙ A crowd control barrier
∙ An infatuation or affection for.
∙ The human object of such infatuation or affection.
∙ A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling
∙ A party, festive function
∙ The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in. Australia

Verb

∙ To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass.
∙ To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.
∙ To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
∙ To oppress or burden grievously.
∙ To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
∙ To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force intransitive
∙ To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
∙ to defeat emphatically sports

BABYLON ENGLISH
crush v.
smash, break into small pieces; squeeze hard; defeat, destroy
great crowd; act of crushing; act of being crushed; intense infatuation

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
crush
crush
\crush\ (krŭsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. crushed (krŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. crushing.] [oe. cruschen, crousshen, of. cruisir, croissir, fr. ll. cruscire, prob. of ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to sw. krysta to squeeze, dan. kryste, icel. kreysta.]
1. to press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. ye shall not offer unto the lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. xxii. 24. the ass thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed balaam's foot against the wall. xxii. 25.
2. to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
3. to overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. to crush the pillars which the pile sustain. truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again.
4. to oppress or burden grievously. thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. xxviii. 33.
5. to overcome completely; to subdue totally. speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. w. scott.
similar words(6)

crush hat
stone crush
crush out
crush room
to crush a cup
to crush out

WORDNET 2.0
crush
Noun
1. leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
(synonym) crushed leather
(hypernym) leather
2. a dense crowd of people
(synonym) jam, press
(hypernym) crowd
(hyponym) traffic jam, snarl-up
3. temporary love of an adolescent
(synonym) puppy love, calf love, infatuation
(hypernym) love
4. the act of crushing
(synonym) crunch, compaction
(hypernym) compression, compressing
(hyponym) grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation
Verb
1. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
(synonym) oppress, suppress
(hyponym) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
(derivation) suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
2. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
(synonym) squash, squelch, mash, squeeze
(hypernym) press
(hyponym) wring
(derivation) crunch, compaction
3. 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"
(synonym) beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish
(hypernym) get the better of, overcome, defeat
(hyponym) outpoint, outscore
(entail) win
(verb-group) outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
4. break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
(hypernym) break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
(hyponym) bruise
(derivation) crunch, compaction
5. humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
(synonym) smash, demolish
(hypernym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
6. crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
(synonym) jam
(hypernym) bruise, contuse
7. make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
(synonym) break down
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
8. become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
(hypernym) break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Crush
Crush may refer to:

MusicBandsCrush (American band)Crush (British band), a band featuring Jayni Hoy and Donna Air from the television series Byker GroveCrush (Canadian band)Crush 40, a Japanese-American band featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchiseCrush, 1995 side project of American band Crimson Glory
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

crush

Noun

∙ A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
∙ Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
∙ Crowd which produces uncomfortable pressure.
∙ A violent crowding
∙ A crowd control barrier
∙ An infatuation or affection for.
∙ The human object of such infatuation or affection.
∙ A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling
∙ A party, festive function
∙ The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in. Australia

Verb

∙ To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass.
∙ To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.
∙ To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
∙ To oppress or burden grievously.
∙ To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
∙ To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force intransitive
∙ To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
∙ to defeat emphatically sports

BABYLON ENGLISH
crush v.
smash, break into small pieces; squeeze hard; defeat, destroy
great crowd; act of crushing; act of being crushed; intense infatuation

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
crush
crush
\crush\ (krŭsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. crushed (krŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. crushing.] [oe. cruschen, crousshen, of. cruisir, croissir, fr. ll. cruscire, prob. of ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to sw. krysta to squeeze, dan. kryste, icel. kreysta.]
1. to press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. ye shall not offer unto the lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. xxii. 24. the ass thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed balaam's foot against the wall. xxii. 25.
2. to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
3. to overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. to crush the pillars which the pile sustain. truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again.
4. to oppress or burden grievously. thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. xxviii. 33.
5. to overcome completely; to subdue totally. speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. w. scott.
similar words(6)

crush hat
stone crush
crush out
crush room
to crush a cup
to crush out

WORDNET 2.0
crush
Noun
1. leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
(synonym) crushed leather
(hypernym) leather
2. a dense crowd of people
(synonym) jam, press
(hypernym) crowd
(hyponym) traffic jam, snarl-up
3. temporary love of an adolescent
(synonym) puppy love, calf love, infatuation
(hypernym) love
4. the act of crushing
(synonym) crunch, compaction
(hypernym) compression, compressing
(hyponym) grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation
Verb
1. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
(synonym) oppress, suppress
(hyponym) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
(derivation) suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
2. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
(synonym) squash, squelch, mash, squeeze
(hypernym) press
(hyponym) wring
(derivation) crunch, compaction
3. 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"
(synonym) beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish
(hypernym) get the better of, overcome, defeat
(hyponym) outpoint, outscore
(entail) win
(verb-group) outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
4. break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
(hypernym) break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
(hyponym) bruise
(derivation) crunch, compaction
5. humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
(synonym) smash, demolish
(hypernym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
6. crush or bruise; "jam a toe"
(synonym) jam
(hypernym) bruise, contuse
7. make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
(synonym) break down
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
8. become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
(hypernym) break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Crush
Crush may refer to:

MusicBandsCrush (American band)Crush (British band), a band featuring Jayni Hoy and Donna Air from the television series Byker GroveCrush (Canadian band)Crush 40, a Japanese-American band featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchiseCrush, 1995 side project of American band Crimson Glory
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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