crush
verb /krʌʃ/
/krʌʃ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they crush | /krʌʃ/ /krʌʃ/ |
| he / she / it crushes | /ˈkrʌʃɪz/ /ˈkrʌʃɪz/ |
| past simple crushed | /krʌʃt/ /krʌʃt/ |
| past participle crushed | /krʌʃt/ /krʌʃt/ |
| -ing form crushing | /ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/ /ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] crush somebody/something to press something so hard that it is damaged or injured, or loses its shape
- The car was completely crushed under the truck.
- Several people were crushed to death in the accident.
Extra Examples- He was crushed beneath a bus.
- His hand was badly crushed in the accident.
- She was crushed between two cars.
- insects that had been crushed underfoot
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slightly
- almost
- nearly
- …
- against
- beneath
- under
- …
- be crushed
- get crushed
- crush somebody to death
- …
enlarge image[transitive] crush something to break something into small pieces or into a powder by pressing hard- Add two cloves of crushed garlic.
- They crush the olives with a heavy wooden press.
Extra Examples- Crush the garlic finely before adding.
- Crush the biscuits finely before adding them to the mixture.
- [transitive] crush somebody/something + adv./prep. to push or press somebody/something into a small space
- Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell.
- She was crushed against the wall.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slightly
- almost
- nearly
- …
- against
- beneath
- under
- …
- be crushed
- get crushed
- crush somebody to death
- …
- [transitive, intransitive] crush (something) to make something full of folds or lines; to become full of folds or lines
- She crushed the scrap of paper in her hand.
- The crisp paper crushed like eggshells in his fingers.
- [transitive] crush somebody to use violent methods to defeat people who are opposing you synonym put down, quash
- The army was sent in to crush the rebellion.
Extra Examples- Attempts to crush serious popular unrest led to civil war.
- The government succeeded in crushing the military rising.
- crush somebody to destroy somebody’s confidence or happiness
- She felt completely crushed by the teacher's criticism.
Extra Examples- He always has this fantastic energy. Nothing can crush him.
- Their new self-confidence could not be crushed.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cruissir, ‘gnash (teeth) or crack’, of unknown origin.
Idioms
crush it
- (informal) to do something very well or be very successful synonym smash it
- She got up on stage and absolutely crushed it—the audience was going wild!
- His latest film is crushing it at the box office.