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Crush

noun
/kɹʌʃ/
Word Frequency: 3.5

Definitions

1.nounA violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
2.nounViolent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
3.nounA crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
"a crush at a reception"
4.nounA violent crowding.
5.nounA crowd control barrier.
6.nounA drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
7.nounAn infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
"I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago."
8.nounA standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
9.nounA party or festive function.
10.nounThe process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
11.verbTo press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.
"to crush grapes"
12.verbTo reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
"to crush quartz"
13.verbTo overwhelm by pressure or weight.
"After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections"
14.verbTo oppress or grievously burden.
15.verbTo overcome completely; to subdue totally.
"The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily."
16.verbTo be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
"an eggshell crushes easily"
17.verbTo feel infatuation or unrequited love.
"She's crushing on him."
18.verbTo give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.

Synonyms

comminutetrouncesqueezebeatpressmashcrunchbreak downsquelchcompactionvanquishsuppress

Rhymes With

lushflushbrushrushhushplushblushgush
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