- crush´a|ble
- crush «kruhsh», verb, noun.–v.t.1. to squeeze together violently so as to break or bruise: »
The bear's squeeze crushed two of the hunter's ribs.
2. to wrinkle or crease by wear or rough handling: »His hat was crushed when the girl sat on it. My suitcase was so full that my clothes were crushed.
3. to break into fine pieces by grinding, pounding, or pressing: »The ore is crushed between steel rollers. Sugar cane is first crushed in the mill.
4. to flatten by heavy pressure: »The steam roller crushed the soft dirt.
5. Figurative. a) to subdue; put down; conquer: »The revolt was crushed and the leaders were imprisoned.
SYNONYM(S): suppress. b) to oppress: »Woe to him who crushes the soul with chain and rod (John Greenleaf Whittier).
6. to force out by pressing or squeezing; extract: »Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape crushed the sweet poison of misused wine (Milton).
–v.i.1. to become crushed.2. to advance by crushing; press or crowd forcibly.–n.1. a) the act of crushing. b) the state of being crushed: »Unhurt amidst…the crush of worlds (Joseph Addison).
2. a violent pressure like grinding or pounding: »He pushed his way through the crush of the crowd.
3. a mass of people or things crowded close together: »There was a crush in the narrow exits after the football game.…a crush of carts and chairs and coaches (Dickens).
4. a) the pressing (of grapes or cottonseed) in the production of wine and oil: »The soybean crush during November totaled 733,200 tons.
b) = crushings. (Cf. ↑crushing)5. Informal. a) a sudden, strong liking for a person: »None of her crushes last very long. Every schoolgirl at some time has a crush on an older man.
b) the object of a sudden, strong liking.╂[< Old French croissir or cruissir < Germanic (compare Gothic kriustan gnash)]–crush´a|ble, adjective.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
