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