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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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to finish drinking (wine, ale, etc.).
verb (used without object)
11.
to become crushed.
12.
to advance with crushing; press or crowd forcibly.
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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; Middle English crus-chen < Middle French cruisir < Germanic; compare Old Swedish krusa, krosa, Middle Low German krossen to crush
1300–50; Middle English crus-chen < Middle French cruisir < Germanic; compare Old Swedish krusa, krosa, Middle Low German krossen to crush
Related forms
crush·a·ble, adjective
crush·a·bil·i·ty, noun
crush·a·bly, adverb
crush·er, noun
un·crush·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. crumple, rumple. 2. pulverize, powder, mash, crumble. See break. 7. quell, overcome, quash.
1. crumple, rumple. 2. pulverize, powder, mash, crumble. See break. 7. quell, overcome, quash.
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Word Origin & History
crush
late 14c., 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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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