crush
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From Middle English cruschen, crousshen, Old French cruisir, croissir, from Late Latin *, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krostjan. Akin to Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌿𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kruistan, “to gnash”), Old Swedish krusa, krosa "to crush", Middle Low German krossen (“to break”), Swedish krysta (“to squeeze”), Danish kryste, Icelandic kreysta.
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crush (plural crushes)
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.
- 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.
- 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- A violent crowding
- A crowd control barrier
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling
- A party, festive function
- 1890 Oscar Wilde,The Picture of Dorian Gray ch 1
- Two months ago I went to a crush at Lady Brandon's.
- 1890 Oscar Wilde,The Picture of Dorian Gray ch 1
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a violent collision or compression
a short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation
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a chute or corridor in a cattle yard
a violent crowding
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archaism for party — see party
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crush (third-person singular simple present crushes, present participle crushing, simple past and past participle crushed)
- 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.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.
- to crush quartz
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
- With a wild scream he was upon her, tearing a great piece from her side with his mighty teeth, and striking her viciously upon her head and shoulders with a broken tree limb until her skull was crushed to a jelly.
- 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
- To oppress or burden grievously.
- The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
- an eggshell crushes easily
- To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
- She's crushing on him.
- (sports) to defeat emphatically
- 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, RTE Sport:
- A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.
- 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, RTE Sport:
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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
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to oppress or burden grievously
to overcome completely
to be or become broken down or in
to feel unrequited love
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[edit] References
- crush in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
