'Crush' definitions:
Definition of 'crush'
(from WordNet)
noun
Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated [syn: crushed leather, crush]
noun
noun
noun
The act of crushing [syn: crush, crunch, compaction]
verb
Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" [syn: oppress, suppress, crush]
verb
To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze]
verb
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" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish]
verb
Break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
verb
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" [syn: crush, smash, demolish]
verb
Crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: jam, crush]
verb
Make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" [syn: break down, crush]
verb
Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
Definition of 'Crush'
From: GCIDE
- Crush \Crush\ (kr[u^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crushed (kr[u^]sht); 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. [1913 Webster]
- Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. --Lev. xxii. 24. [1913 Webster]
- The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii. 25. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. [1913 Webster]
- To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To oppress or burden grievously. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. --Deut. xxviii. 33. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally. [1913 Webster]
- Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. --Sir. W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 6. to subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch. [PJC]
- To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.]
- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crush'
From: GCIDE
- Crush \Crush\ (kr[u^]sh), v. i. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crush'
From: GCIDE
- Crush \Crush\, n.
- 1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. [1913 Webster]
- The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception. [1913 Webster]
- Crush hat, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing.
- Crush room, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer. [1913 Webster]
- Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crush'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abase,
- abash,
- abolish,
- abrade,
- affection,
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- anguish,
- annihilate,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- argue down,
- army,
- asphyxiate,
- atomize,
- batter,
- bear,
- bear down,
- beat,
- beat down,
- bellyful,
- beloved,
- beloved object,
- bend,
- blot out,
- bottle up,
- bray,
- break,
- break down,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- brecciate,
- bring down,
- bring low,
- bring to tears,
- bring to terms,
- bruise,
- buck,
- bumper,
- butter,
- calf love,
- capacity,
- case,
- cataplasm,
- censor,
- charge,
- chew,
- choke off,
- clamp,
- clamp down on,
- clamping,
- clamping down,
- cluster,
- cohue,
- comminute,
- complement,
- compress,
- compression,
- confound,
- confute,
- conquer,
- contradict,
- contriturate,
- controvert,
- contuse,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- cram,
- crash,
- crease,
- crinkle,
- crowd,
- crumb,
- crumble,
- crumple,
- crunch,
- cut to pieces,
- cut up,
- damp down,
- darling,
- dash,
- dear,
- dear one,
- dearly beloved,
- debase,
- defeat,
- degrade,
- deluge,
- demean,
- demolish,
- demoralize,
- dental pulp,
- deny,
- depress,
- desolate,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- diffuse,
- diminish,
- disgrace,
- disintegrate,
- dismiss,
- disperse,
- dispose of,
- disrupt,
- draw tears,
- drove,
- drown,
- dump,
- dump on,
- embarrass,
- embitter,
- ensphere,
- express,
- extinguish,
- fell,
- fill,
- finish,
- fission,
- flatten,
- flock,
- flood,
- floor,
- flour,
- fondness,
- fragment,
- full house,
- full measure,
- gag,
- galaxy,
- grain,
- granulate,
- granulize,
- grate,
- grieve,
- grind,
- grind to powder,
- gust,
- gusto,
- heap,
- hold down,
- horde,
- host,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- infatuation,
- inundate,
- jam,
- jam up,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- knock down,
- lading,
- legion,
- levigate,
- light of love,
- likes,
- liking,
- load,
- love,
- loved one,
- lower,
- macerate,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- mangle,
- mash,
- mass,
- master,
- masticate,
- mill,
- mince,
- mob,
- mortify,
- mouthful,
- multitude,
- mush,
- muzzle,
- nip,
- nonplus,
- obliterate,
- oppress,
- overcome,
- overmaster,
- overpower,
- override,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- panoply,
- paper pulp,
- parry,
- pash,
- passing fancy,
- passion,
- paste,
- pestle,
- pinch,
- pith,
- plaster,
- porridge,
- poultice,
- pound,
- pour water on,
- powder,
- press,
- pressure,
- prostrate,
- psych out,
- pudding,
- pulp,
- pulp lead,
- pulpify,
- pulpwood,
- pulverize,
- puppy love,
- push,
- put down,
- put to silence,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- rabble,
- rag pulp,
- rebut,
- reduce,
- reduce to powder,
- reduce to silence,
- refute,
- relish,
- repress,
- ride down,
- rout,
- ruck,
- ruin,
- rumple,
- sauce,
- scatter,
- scrunch,
- set down,
- settle,
- shake,
- shame,
- shard,
- shatter,
- shiver,
- shred,
- shut down on,
- shut up,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- skinful,
- smash,
- smash all opposition,
- smash up,
- smother,
- snootful,
- sorrow,
- spate,
- splinter,
- sponge,
- squab,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squeezing,
- squelch,
- squish,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subjugate,
- subvert,
- suffocate,
- sulfate pulp,
- sulfite pulp,
- suppress,
- take down,
- taste,
- thrash,
- throng,
- throttle,
- tighten,
- tightening,
- torment,
- trample down,
- trample underfoot,
- tread underfoot,
- trip up,
- triturate,
- truelove,
- tweak,
- tyrannize,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- undo,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstring,
- upset,
- vanquish,
- wad up,
- weakness,
- well-beloved,
- white lead,
- wood pulp,
- wreck,
- wrinkle