crush

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From Middle English cruschen, crousshen, Old French cruisir, croissir < Late Latin cruscire, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krostjan. Akin to Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌿𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kruistan), “‘to gnash’”), Old Swedish krusa, krosa "to crush", Middle Low German krossen "to crush", Swedish krysta (“‘to squeeze’”), Danish kryste, Icelandic kreysta.

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Singular
crush

Plural
crushes

crush (plural crushes)

  1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
  2. Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.
  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 violent crowding
  5. A crowd control barrier
  6. A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling
  7. A party, festive function

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a violent collision or compression
violent pressure, as of a crowd
a short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation
a chute or corridor in a cattle yard
a violent crowding
a crowd control barrier
archaism for party — see party
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to crush

Third person singular
crushes

Simple past
crushed

Past participle
crushed

Present participle
crushing

to crush (third-person singular simple present crushes, present participle crushing, simple past and 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.
    to crush grapes
    Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, crushed, broken or cut. --Lev. xxii.
  2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.
    to crush quartz
  3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
    After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
  4. To oppress or burden grievously.
    The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily
  5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
  6. (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force'
    an eggshell crushes easily
  7. To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
    She's crushing on him.

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to press or bruise between two hard bodies
to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
to overwhelm by pressure or weight
to oppress or burden grievously
to overcome completely
to be or become broken down or in
to feel unrequited love

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