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C0778100 (krŭsh)v. crushed, crush·ing, crush·es v.tr.1. a. To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure: The falling rock crushed the car.b. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.2. a. To put down with force; subdue: The regime crushed the rebellion.b. To overwhelm or oppress severely: spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure.c. To defeat overwhelmingly: Our team was crushed in the playoffs.3. To crumple or rumple: crushed the freshly ironed shirt.4. To hug, especially with great force.5. To hit or propel with great force: a swing of the bat that crushed a fastball over the wall.6. To press upon, shove, or crowd.7. To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing: crush juice from a grape.v.intr.1. To be or become crushed: Aluminum cans crush easily.2. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing: The fans crushed forward to get a glimpse of the movie star.n.1. The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing: matter superheated by the crush of gravity around black holes. 2. A great crowd: a crush of spectators.3. A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink: orange crush.4. Informal a. A usually temporary infatuation: had a crush on her friend's cousin.b. One who is the object of such an infatuation.Phrasal Verb: crush on Slang To be infatuated with (someone).

[Middle English crushen, from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin.]

crush′a·ble adj.crush′er n.crush′proof′ (-pro͞of′) adj.Synonyms: crush, mash, smash, squash²
These verbs mean to press forcefully so as to reduce to a pulpy mass: crushed the rose geranium leaves; mashed the sweet potatoes; smashed the bamboo stems with a hammer; squashed the wine grapes. See Also Synonyms at crowd¹.

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(krʌʃ) vb (mainly tr) 1. to press, mash, or squeeze so as to injure, break, crease, etc2. (Mining & Quarrying) to break or grind (rock, ore, etc) into small particles3. 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 harshly6. to hug or clasp tightly: he crushed her to him. 7. to defeat or humiliate utterly, as in argument or by a cruel remark8. (intr) to crowd; throng9. (intr) to become injured, broken, or distorted by pressuren10. a dense crowd, esp at a social occasion11. the act of crushing; pressure12. (Cookery) 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] ˈcrushable adj ˌcrushaˈbility n ˈcrusher n

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(krʌʃ) n (Breeds) 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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v.t. 1. to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms. 2. to pound into small particles, as stone. 3. to wrinkle or crease. 4. to force out by pressing or squeezing. 5. to hug or embrace tightly. 6. to suppress utterly and often forcibly: to crush a revolt. 7. to squelch or humiliate. 8. to oppress grievously. v.i. 9. to become crushed. 10. to advance forcibly. n. 11. the act of crushing or the state of being crushed. 12. a great crowd; throng. 13. Informal. a. an intense but usu. short-lived infatuation. b. the object of such an infatuation. [1300–50; Middle English cruschen < Middle French cruisir < Germanic; compare Middle Low German krossen, early Swedish krusa, krosa to crush] crush′a•ble, adj. crush′er, n. crush′proof`, adj.

Crush

a vast crowd of persons or things, 1806; a crowded social gathering, 1832.Example: a crush of carts and chairs and coaches, 1840.

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Past participle: crushed
Gerund: crushing

Imperative
crush
crush

Present
I crush
you crush
he/she/it crushes
we crush
you crush
they crush

Preterite
I crushed
you crushed
he/she/it crushed
we crushed
you crushed
they crushed

Present Continuous
I am crushing
you are crushing
he/she/it is crushing
we are crushing
you are crushing
they are crushing

Present Perfect
I have crushed
you have crushed
he/she/it has crushed
we have crushed
you have crushed
they have crushed

Past Continuous
I was crushing
you were crushing
he/she/it was crushing
we were crushing
you were crushing
they were crushing

Past Perfect
I had crushed
you had crushed
he/she/it had crushed
we had crushed
you had crushed
they had crushed

Future
I will crush
you will crush
he/she/it will crush
we will crush
you will crush
they will crush

Future Perfect
I will have crushed
you will have crushed
he/she/it will have crushed
we will have crushed
you will have crushed
they will have crushed

Future Continuous
I will be crushing
you will be crushing
he/she/it will be crushing
we will be crushing
you will be crushing
they will be crushing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crushing
you have been crushing
he/she/it has been crushing
we have been crushing
you have been crushing
they have been crushing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crushing
you will have been crushing
he/she/it will have been crushing
we will have been crushing
you will have been crushing
they will have been crushing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crushing
you had been crushing
he/she/it had been crushing
we had been crushing
you had been crushing
they had been crushing

Conditional
I would crush
you would crush
he/she/it would crush
we would crush
you would crush
they would crush

Past Conditional
I would have crushed
you would have crushed
he/she/it would have crushed
we would have crushed
you would have crushed
they would have crushed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crush - leather that has had its grain pattern accentuatedcrushed leatherleather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
	2.	crush - a dense crowd of peoplejam, presscrowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers"snarl-up, traffic jam - a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move
	3.	crush - temporary love of an adolescent calf love, puppy love, infatuationlove - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
	4.	crush - the act of crushingcompaction, crunchcompressing, compression - applying pressurepulverisation, pulverization, grind, mill - the act of grinding to a powder or dust
Verb	1.	crush - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"oppress, suppressquash, repress, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reduce - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
	2.	crush - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"mash, squash, squeeze, squelchwring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"press - exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"stamp - crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice"steamroller - crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
	3.	crush - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, shelloutscore, outpoint - score more points than one's opponentswalk over - beat easily; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship"eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"worst, whip, mop up, pip, rack up - defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"whomp - beat overwhelminglyget the best, have the best, overcome - overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us"spreadeagle, rout, spread-eagle - defeat disastrouslyget the jump - be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors"chicane, chouse, jockey, cheat, shaft, screw - defeat someone through trickery or deceitoutsmart, outwit, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"surmount, master, overcome, subdue, get over - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"outfight - to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"overmaster, overpower, overwhelm - overcome by superior forcecheckmate, mate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"immobilise, immobilize - make defenselessoutplay - excel or defeat in a game; "The Knicks outplayed the Lakers"drub, lick, clobber, cream, bat, thrash - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
	4.	crush - break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"bruise - break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
	5.	crush - humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"demolish, smashabase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
	6.	crush - crush or bruise; "jam a toe"jambruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"
	7.	crush - make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"break downalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	8.	crush - become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"come apart, break, split up, fall apart, separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

crush

verb1. squash, pound, break, smash, squeeze, crumble, crunch, mash, compress, press, crumple, pulverize Their vehicle was crushed by an army tank.2. crease, wrinkle, crumple, rumple, scrumple, ruffle I don't want to crush my skirt.3. overcome, overwhelm, put down, subdue, overpower, quash, quell, extinguish, stamp out, vanquish, conquer The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.4. demoralize, depress, devastate, discourage, humble, put down (slang), humiliate, squash, flatten, deflate, mortify, psych out (informal), dishearten, dispirit, deject Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it.5. squeeze, press, embrace, hug, enfold He crushed her in his arms.noun1. crowd, mob, horde, throng, press, pack, mass, jam, herd, huddle, swarm, multitude, rabble They got separated from each other in the crush.2. infatuation, passion, obsession, fixation I developed a teenage crush on one of my teachers.

crush

verb1. To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass:mash, mush, pulp, squash.2. To break up into tiny particles:bray, granulate, grind, mill, powder, pulverize, triturate.3. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:choke off, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress.Idiom: put the lid on.4. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:annihilate, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish.Informal: massacre, wallop.Slang: clobber, cream, shellac, smear.5. To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of:break, destroy, overwhelm, ruin.6. To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion:engulf, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate.7. To act on with a steady pushing force:crowd, press.8. To extract from by applying pressure:express, press, squeeze.noun1. An enormous number of persons gathered together:crowd, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, press, ruck, swarm, throng.2. Informal. An extravagant, short-lived romantic attachment:infatuation.

Translations

压碎弄皱打败拥挤的人群挤入

crush

(kraʃ) verb1. to squash by squeezing together etc. The car was crushed between the two trucks.压碎2. to crease. That material crushes easily.弄皱3. to defeat. He crushed the rebellion.打败4. to push, press etc together. We (were) all crushed into the tiny room. 挤进，挤入 noun squeezing or crowding together. There's always a crush in the supermarket on Saturdays.拥挤的人群ˈcrushing adjective overwhelming. a crushing defeat.压倒性的

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crushing blow

A major defeat or setback that is devastating to the goals of a person, group, or organization. The team's loss last Sunday was a crushing blow to their chances for a championship. Failing that test was a crushing blow to my hopes for an honors degree.See also: blow, crush

have a crush on (someone)

To have a romantic infatuation with someone, especially unbeknownst to that person. I've had a crush on Tommy for years.See also: crush, have, on

get a crush on (someone)

To become romantically infatuated with someone, especially unbeknownst to that person. I think I'm getting a crush on Tommy.See also: crush, get, on

girl crush

1. A feeling of interest or admiration that one female has for another (usually in a non-sexual way). I have a huge girl crush on this girl in my econ class. She has the best clothes and hair.2. The subject of such a feeling. That actress is totally my girl crush. She's just so confident and beautiful.See also: crush, girl

man crush Monday

A phrase that accompanies a social media post of a man that the poster finds attractive (often their significant other or a celebrity). Often abbreviated as "MCM." Such posts occur on Mondays due to the name, created simply for alliteration. Check out my handsome hubby on man crush Monday! Ryan Gosling is my man crush Monday.See also: crush, man, Monday

woman crush Wednesday

A phrase that accompanies social media posts of a woman that the poster finds attractive (often a significant other or a celebrity). Often abbreviated as "WCW." Such posts occur on Wednesdays due to the name, created simply for alliteration. Check out my gorgeous wife on woman crush Wednesday! Jennifer Lawrence is my woman crush Wednesday.See also: crush, Wednesday, woman

crush it

To succeed at something in a particularly impressive way. Often used in the past tense. Her presentation for the CEO went really well. She totally crushed it! That band always crushes it, so I'm not surprised their halftime performance was spectacular.See also: crush

crush (someone or something) (in)to (something)

To pulverize or break something into a certain condition or state. I crushed the cookies into crumbs and added them to the icing. The fallen tree branch crushed the car's windshield to pieces.See also: crush

crush (something) out of (someone or something)

To squeeze something so that it releases something else. This hat is too tight—it's crushing the brains out of me! I had to crush the toothpaste out of the tube because it was almost empty.See also: crush, of, out

crush (up) against (someone or something)

To have a heavy physical impact on someone or something. Molly had to go to the hospital after the door in the lobby crushed up against her hand. The singer's screaming fans crushed against the fence in front of the stage.See also: crush

crush down

1. To physically push someone or something down; to flatten someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crush" and "down." If you just crush down these clothes, I think you'd be able to fit more in your suitcase.2. To suppress or subdue someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crush" and "down." The boss is always quick to crush down any dissent in our department.See also: crush, down

crush in

To push something inward. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crush" and "in." The fallen tree branch crushed in the roof of my car, hence the huge dent where it landed.See also: crush

crush on (someone)

1. noun A romantic infatuation with someone, especially unbeknownst to that person. Oh man, she's had a crush on Tommy for years!2. verb, slang To have a romantic infatuation with someone, especially unbeknownst to that person. Oh man, she's been crushing on Tommy for years!See also: crush, on

crush up

To pulverize or break something into a smaller state or finer substance. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crush" and "up." If I don't crush up the pill and mix it into my daughter's apple sauce, she won't take it.See also: crush, up

*crush on someone

infatuation with someone. (*Typically: get ~; have ~.) Mary thinks she's getting a crush on Bill. Sally says she'll never have a crush on anyone again.See also: crush, on

crush someone or something down

1. Lit. to press or force someone or something down. Crush the leaves down so you can put more into the basket. Crush down the leaves and fill the basket higher. 2. Fig. to suppress someone or something. The dictator crushed the opposition down ruthlessly. He crushed down all political opposition. The army crushed the peasants down ruthlessly.See also: crush, down

crush someone or something to something

to press or squeeze someone or something into a particular state, such as death, a pulp, nothing, etc. The anaconda crushed the tapir to death. Donna crushed the bananas to a pulp and put them into the cake batter.See also: crush

crush something in

to force something inward; to break something in. The beam nearly crushed Jason's head in. He tried to crush in the door.See also: crush

crush something (in)to something

to grind or break something into bits and pieces. He crushed the fennel seeds into a powder. The roller crushes the rocks to bits.See also: crush

crush something out of someone or something

and crush something outto press or squeeze something from someone or something. He crushed the juice out of the grapes. He thought that the weight of the lumber would crush the life out of him. Robert crushed out the juice.See also: crush, of, out

crush something up (into something)

to press or grind something with great force until it is reduced to something smaller. The chef crushed the almonds up into a powder and sprinkled them on the dessert. The machine crushed up all the glass into tiny bits.See also: crush, up

crush something up (into something)

crush (up) against someone or something

to press hard against someone or something. The crowd crushed up against the people standing in line. The eager theatergoers crushed against the lobby doors.See also: crush

have a case on

Also, have a crush on. Be infatuated with someone, as in He's had a case on her for years, or Teenage girls often have a crush on this teacher. The first slangy term dates from the mid-1800s; the second, a colloquialism, dates from the late 1800s. See also: case, have, on

crush

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.

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have a crush on (someone)

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crush (up) against (someone or something)

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Synonyms for crush

verb squash

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verb crease

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verb overcome

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verb demoralize

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verb squeeze

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noun crowd

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noun infatuation

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Synonyms for crush

verb to press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass

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verb to break up into tiny particles

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verb to bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight

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verb to render totally ineffective by decisive defeat

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verb to impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of

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verb to affect deeply or completely, as with emotion

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verb to act on with a steady pushing force

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verb to extract from by applying pressure

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noun an enormous number of persons gathered together