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Crushee and Crush Definitions

Crushee

The person on whom one has a crush (infatuation).

Crush

To press between opposing bodies so as to break, compress, or injure
The falling rock crushed the car.

Crush

To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.

Crush

To put down with force; subdue
The regime crushed the rebellion.

Crush

To overwhelm or oppress severely
Spirits that had been crushed by rejection and failure.
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Crush

To defeat overwhelmingly
Our team was crushed in the playoffs.

Crush

To crumple or rumple
Crushed the freshly ironed shirt.

Crush

To hug, especially with great force.

Crush

To hit or propel with great force
A swing of the bat that crushed a fastball over the wall.

Crush

To press upon, shove, or crowd.
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Crush

To extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
Crush juice from a grape.

Crush

To be or become crushed
Aluminum cans crush easily.

Crush

To proceed or move by crowding or pressing
The fans crushed forward to get a glimpse of the movie star.

Crush

The act of crushing or the pressure involved in crushing
Matter superheated by the crush of gravity around black holes.

Crush

A great crowd
A crush of spectators.

Crush

A substance prepared by or as if by crushing, especially a fruit drink
Orange crush.

Crush

A usually temporary infatuation
Had a crush on her friend's cousin.

Crush

One who is the object of such an infatuation.

Crush

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

Crush

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

Crush

A violent crowding.

Crush

A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
A crush at a reception

Crush

(slang) A group or gang.

Crush

A crowd control barrier.

Crush

A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.

Crush

(informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.

Crush

The human object of such infatuation or affection.

Crush

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

Crush

(dated) A party or festive function.

Crush

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

Crush

The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
Black crush; white crush

Crush

A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.

Crush

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

Crush

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
To crush quartz

Crush

(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections

Crush

To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
They had a gig recently at Madison Square—totally crushed it!

Crush

To oppress or grievously burden.

Crush

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.

Crush

(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
An eggshell crushes easily

Crush

To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
She's crushing on him.

Crush

To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.

Crush

To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
My old TV set crushes the blacks when the brightness is lowered.

Crush

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.
Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut.
The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall.

Crush

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

Crush

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again.

Crush

To oppress or burden grievously.
Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway.

Crush

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels.

Crush

To subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch.

Crush

To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

Crush

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.

Crush

Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.
Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night.

Crush

Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

Crush

A dense crowd of people

Crush

Temporary love of an adolescent

Crush

The act of crushing

Crush

Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
The government oppresses political activists

Crush

To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
Crush an aluminum can
Squeeze a lemon

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

Crush

Break into small pieces;
The car crushed the toy

Crush

Humiliate or depress completely;
She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
The death of her son smashed her

Crush

Crush or bruise;
Jam a toe

Crush

Make ineffective;
Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination

Crush

Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;
The plastic bottle crushed against the wall

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