Definition of "crush"
- noun
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.
A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this infatuation.
A violent crowding.
A crowd control barrier.
A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
A party, festive function.
- verb
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.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.
To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
To oppress or burden grievously.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force.
To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
To defeat emphatically.
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