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crush

[kruhsh]
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.
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Un crushed is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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

crush·a·ble, adjective
crush·a·bil·i·ty, noun
crush·a·bly, adverb
crush·er, noun
un·crush·a·ble, adjective
un·crushed, adjective
well-crushed, adjective


1. crumple, rumple. 2. pulverize, powder, mash, crumble. See break. 7. quell, overcome, quash.
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crush1 (krʌʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to press, mash, or squeeze so as to injure, break, crease, etc
2.  to break or grind (rock, ore, etc) into small particles
3.  to put down or subdue, esp by force: to crush a rebellion
4.  to extract (juice, water, etc) by pressing: to crush the juice from a lemon
5.  to oppress harshly
6.  to hug or clasp tightly: he crushed her to him
7.  to defeat or humiliate utterly, as in argument or by a cruel remark
8.  (intr) to crowd; throng
9.  (intr) to become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
 
n
10.  a dense crowd, esp at a social occasion
11.  the act of crushing; pressure
12.  a drink or pulp prepared by or as if by crushing fruit: orange crush
13.  informal
 a.  an infatuation: she had a crush on him
 b.  the person with whom one is infatuated
 
[C14: from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic kriustan to gnash; see crunch]
 
'crushable1
 
adj
 
crusha'bility1
 
n
 
'crusher1
 
n

crush2 (krʌʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
vet science a construction designed to confine and limit the movement of an animal, esp a large or dangerous animal, for examination or to perform a procedure on it

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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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crush definition


  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.
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