1. 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; as, to crush grapes.
2. Verb
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
3. Verb
To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
4. Verb
To oppress or burden grievously.
5. Verb
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
6. Verb
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
7. Noun
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
8. Noun
Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
9. Noun
temporary love of an adolescent
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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