crush : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crush	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for crush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crush n leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated [syn: crushed leather, crush] a dense crowd of people Synonym(s): crush, jam, press temporary love of an adolescent Synonym(s): puppy love, calf love, crush, infatuation the act of crushing Synonym(s): crush, crunch, compaction v come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" Synonym(s): oppress, suppress, crush to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" Synonym(s): squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze 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" Synonym(s): beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" Synonym(s): crush, smash, demolish crush or bruise; "jam a toe" Synonym(s): jam, crush make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" Synonym(s): break down, crush become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crush \Crush\ (kr?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crushed} (kr?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crushing}.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta.] 1. 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. --Lev. xxii. 24. The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii. 25. 2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz. 3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant. 4. To oppress or burden grievously. Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. --Deut. xxviii. 33. 5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. --Sir. W. Scott. {To crush a cup}, to drink. [Obs.] {To crush out}. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crush \Crush\ (kr?sh), v. i. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crush \Crush\, n. 1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. --Addison. 2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception. {Crush hat}, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing. {Crush room}, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer. 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. --Macaulay.