Meaning of crush in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

• Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

• A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

  Example: a crush at a reception

• A violent crowding.

• A crowd control barrier.

• A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.

• An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.

  Example: I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.

• A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.

• A party or festive function.

• The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.

verb

• To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.

  Example: to crush grapes

• To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding

  Example: to crush quartz

• To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

  Example: After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections

• To oppress or grievously burden.

• To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

  Example: The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.

• To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

  Example: an eggshell crushes easily

• To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

  Example: She's crushing on him.

• To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.