Definition for: crush

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English

Etymology

Old English cruschen, crousshen , Old French cruisir, croissir , from Late Latin cruscire , probably of Germanic origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Gothic kruistan to gnash; akin to Swedish krysta to squeeze, Danish kryste , Icelandic kreysta .

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Noun

crush ( plural: crushes )

1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
3. A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this infatuation.
   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush .

4. A chute or corridor in a cattle yard.

Translations

A violent collision or compression (1)

Violent pressure, as of a crowd (2)

A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation (3)

A chute or corridor in a cattle yard (4)

• Indonesian : menghancurkan, meremukkan, melumat, menumbuk
• Japanese : 砕く (くだく, kudaku), 破壊する (はかいする, hakai-suru)

Verb

to crush ( third-person singular simple present crushes , present participle crushing , simple past crushed , past participle crushed )

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. --Lev. xxii.

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.
4. To oppress or burden grievously.
5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
6. To crush out

   To force out or separateby pressure, as juice from grapes.

7. ( intransitive ) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
8. To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.

   She's crushing on him.

Translations

To press or bruise between two hard bodies (1)

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding (2)

To overwhelm by pressure or weight (3)

To oppress or burden grievously (4)

To overcome completely (5)

To crush out (6)

To be or become broken down or in (7)

See also

• crush hat
• crush room

Other Translations for "crush"

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