Crushee vs. Crush

Crushee vs. Crush — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Crushee and Crush

Crusheenoun

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

Crushnoun

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

Crushnoun

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

Crushnoun

A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

a crush at a reception

Crushnoun

A violent crowding.

Crushnoun

A crowd control barrier.

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Crushnoun

An infatuation or affection for someone you are not dating.

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

Crushnoun

The human object of such infatuation or affection.

Crushnoun

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

Crushnoun

(dated) A party or festive function.

Crushnoun

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

Crushverb

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.

to crush grapes
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Crushverb

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding

to crush quartz

Crushverb

(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

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

Crushverb

To oppress or grievously burden.

Crushverb

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.

Crushverb

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

an eggshell crushes easily

Crushverb

(intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

She's crushing on him.

Crushnoun

leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

Crushnoun

a dense crowd of people

Crushnoun

temporary love of an adolescent

Crushnoun

the act of crushing

Crushverb

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

The government oppresses political activists

Crushverb

to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;

crush an aluminum cansqueeze a lemon

Crushverb

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championshipWe beat the competitionHarvard defeated Yale in the last football game

Crushverb

break into small pieces;

The car crushed the toy

Crushverb

humiliate or depress completely;

She was crushed by his refusal of her invitationThe death of her son smashed her

Crushverb

crush or bruise;

jam a toe

Crushverb

make ineffective;

Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination

Crushverb

become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure;

The plastic bottle crushed against the wall