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crush

  [kruhsh]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
2. to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc.
3. to force out by pressing or squeezing; extract: to crush cottonseeds in order to produce oil.
4. to rumple; wrinkle; crease.
5. to smooth or flatten by pressure: to crush leather.
6. to hug or embrace forcibly or strongly: He crushed her in his arms.
7. to destroy, subdue, or suppress utterly: to crush a revolt.
8. to overwhelm with confusion, chagrin, or humiliation, as by argumentation or a slighting action or remark; squelch.
9. to oppress grievously.
10. Archaic. to finish drinking (wine, ale, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
11. to become crushed.
12. to advance with crushing; press or crowd forcibly.
–noun
13. the act of crushing; state of being crushed.
14. a great crowd: a crush of shoppers.
15. Informal.
a. an intense but usually short-lived infatuation.
b. the object of such an infatuation: Who is your latest crush?
Origin:
1300–50; ME crus-chen < MF cruisir < Gmc; cf. OSw krusa, krosa, MLG krossen to crush

Related forms:
crush⋅a⋅ble, adjective
crush⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
crush⋅a⋅bly, adverb
crusher, noun

Synonyms:
1. crumple, rumple. 2. pulverize, powder, mash, crumble. See break. 7. quell, overcome, quash.
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crush   (krŭsh)   
v.   crushed, crush·ing, crush·es

v.   tr.
  1. To press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure.
  2. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
  3. To put down; subdue: crushed the rebellion.
  4. To overwhelm or oppress severely: spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure.
  5. To crumple or rumple: crushed the freshly ironed shirt.
  6. To hug, especially with great force.
  7. To press upon, shove, or crowd.
  8. To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing: crush juice from a grape.
  9. Archaic To drink; quaff.
v.   intr.
  1. To be or become crushed.
  2. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing.
n.  
  1. The act of crushing; extreme pressure.
  2. The state of being crushed.
  3. A great crowd: a crush of spectators.
  4. A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink: orange crush.
  5. Informal
    1. A usually temporary infatuation.
    2. One who is the object of such an infatuation.
  6. A decisive or critical moment or situation.
  7. The process of stamping or crushing grapes for wine.

[Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.]
crush'a·ble adj., crush'er n., crush'proof' (-prōōf') adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to press forcefully so as to reduce to a pulpy mass: crushed the rose geranium leaves; mashed the sweet potatoes; pulped raspberries through a sieve; smashed the bamboo stems with a hammer; squashed the wine grapes. See Also Synonyms at crowd1.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Crush

Crush\ (kr?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crushed (kr?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.

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. --Lev. xxii. 24.

The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii. 25.

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.

To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden.

Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant.

4. To oppress or burden grievously.

Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. --Deut. xxviii. 33.

5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. --Sir. W. Scott.

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.

Crush

Crush\ (kr?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.

Crush

Crush\, n. 1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. --Addison.

2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.

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.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : crush
Spanish: aplastar,
German: zerquetschen,
Japanese: 押しつぶす
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crush 
1398, from O.Fr. croisir "to gnash (teeth), crash, break," perhaps from Frank. *krostjan "to gnash." Sense of "person one is infatuated with" is first recorded 1884; to have a crush on is from 1913.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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crush

A combination commodity trade in which soybean futures are purchased and soybean meal or oil futures are sold. Compare reverse crush.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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crush

see have a crush on.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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