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Verb: crush  krúsh
    "crush an aluminium can";
    - squash, squelch, mash, squeeze, squidge [informal]
    "The government crushes political activists";
    - oppress, suppress
  3. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
    - beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish
  4. Break into small pieces
    "The car crushed the toy"
  5. Humiliate or depress completely
    "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation";
    - smash, demolish
  6. Hurt or bruise with a squashing force
    "crush a toe";
    - jam
  7. Make ineffective
    "Martin Luther King tried to crush racial discrimination";
    - break down
  8. Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
    "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
Noun: crush  krúsh
  1. Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
    - crushed leather
  2. A dense crowd of people
    - jam, press
  3. Temporary love of an adolescent
    - puppy love, calf love, infatuation
  4. The act of crushing
    - crunch, compaction

Derived forms: crushed, crushing, crushes

Type of: abase, alter, aroha [NZ], break, break up, bruise, chagrin, change, come apart, compressing, compression, contuse, crowd, defeat, fall apart, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, get the better of, humble, humiliate, leather, love, modify, mortify, overcome, press, separate, split up

Encyclopedia: Crush, Tear, Curl