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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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Slang Dictionary
crush

  1. n.
    the person on whom one has a crush; one's main squeeze; one's boyfriend or girlfriend. : I'm gonna go study with my crush tonight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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Financial Dictionary

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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