crush

Plural: crushes

Noun

leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
a dense crowd of people
temporary love of an adolescent
the act of crushing
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
A violent crowding.
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
A group or gang.
A crowd control barrier.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
The human object of such infatuation or affection.
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.
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.
A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.

Verb

Verb Forms: crushed, crushing, crushes

To press or squeeze something with force, often deforming it.
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- "crush an aluminum can"
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
break into small pieces
- "The car crushed the toy"
humiliate or depress completely
- "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"
crush or bruise
make ineffective
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
- "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
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 reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.

Examples

a crush at a reception
After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
an eggshell crushes easily
black crush; white crush
He hoped his high-scoring play would CRUSH his opponent’s chances of winning this round of Words With Friends.
He took his crush out for dinner.
I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.
My old TV set crushes the blacks when the brightness is lowered.
She's crushing on him.
The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
They had a gig recently at Madison Square—totally crushed it!
to crush grapes
to crush quartz

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *crusciō (“to brush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną (“to crush, grind, strike, smash”). Cognate with Middle Low German tokrosten (“to crush, shatter”).
Akin also to Middle Dutch crosen (“to bruise, crush”), Middle Low German krossen, krȫsen (“to break, shatter”), Old Swedish krusa (“to crush”), Swedish krysta (“to squeeze”), Danish kryste (“to squash”), Icelandic kreista (“to squeeze, squash”), Faroese kroysta (“to squeeze”), Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to gnash”).

Synonyms

beat, beat out, break down, calf love, compaction, crunch, crushed leather, demolish, infatuation, jam, mash, oppress, press, puppy love, shell, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, suppress, trounce, vanquish, ace, comminute, kill, overtake, pulverise, pulverize, slay at

Scrabble Score: 10

crush: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
crush: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crush: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

crush: valid Words With Friends Word