The meaning of Crush

verb

Make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Usage examples:

If anything was officially done or said to him, it did not abash him

verb

To embarrass someone or make them feel uncomfortable

Usage examples:

Her elder cousins abashed her by commenting on her shyness., they tried not to be abashed by the un…

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

noun

An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

Usage examples:

The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun

Former term for breaking cart.

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

noun

Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated.

Usage examples:

To my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen

verb

Feel distressed or humiliated.

Usage examples:

He was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him

verb

Flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

Usage examples:

The skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

noun

A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.

Usage examples:

A cold compress

verb

To press something into a smaller space

Usage examples:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier., firmly compress the dirt in the pot …

noun

The state of being congested.

Usage examples:

The new bridge should ease congestion in the area

noun

A situation in which a place is too blocked or crowded, causing difficulties

Usage examples:

These facilities are designed to ease the congestion of emergency rooms., cases are being repeatedl…

adjective

Warm and friendly.

Usage examples:

The atmosphere was cordial and relaxed

noun

A sweet fruit-flavoured drink.

Usage examples:

Wine cups and fruit cordials

adjective

Friendly or pleasant

Usage examples:

A cordial greeting/smile, cordial relations

noun

A large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way.

Usage examples:

A huge crowd gathered in the street outside

verb

(of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement.

Usage examples:

The dance floor was crowded with revellers

noun

A large group of people who have gathered together

Usage examples:

A crowd formed outside the club., crowds of people watched the fireworks., i don’t know many people…

verb

Break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.

Usage examples:

The plaster started to crumble

noun

A mixture of flour and fat that is rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs and cooked as a topping for fruit.

Usage examples:

Sprinkle the crumble over the rhubarb

verb

To break into small pieces

Usage examples:

[ i ] that old wall is starting to crumble.

verb

Crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound.

Usage examples:

She paused to crunch a ginger biscuit

noun

A loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed.

Usage examples:

Marco's fist struck brian's nose with a crunch

verb

To crush hard food loudly between the teeth, or to make a sound as if something is being crushed or broken

Usage examples:

[ i ] she was crunching noisily on an apple., [ i ] the gravel crunched underfoot as we walked up t…

verb

Win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat.

Usage examples:

Garibaldi defeated the neapolitan army

noun

An instance of defeating or being defeated.

Usage examples:

A 1–0 defeat by grimsby

verb

To oppose and cause someone to lose in a competition or war so that you can win

Usage examples:

Bill clinton defeated george bush for the presidency in 1992., [ u ] in the american civil war, the…

verb

Let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object).

Usage examples:

He deflated one of the tyres

verb

To allow air or gas to escape from within a container

Usage examples:

[ t ] when the roads are icy, you may have to deflate your tires a bit., [ t ] the allegations defl…

verb

When an economy deflates or is deflated, prices fall and there is a reduction in wages and government spending, and low levels of growth

Usage examples:

The chancellor will have to keep rates high and deflate the economy to keep the lid on prices and f…

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope.

Usage examples:

The general strike had demoralized the trade unions

verb

To weaken the confidence of someone

Usage examples:

The team was tired and thoroughly demoralized.

verb

Destroy or ruin.

Usage examples:

The city was devastated by a huge earthquake

verb

To cause great damage or suffering to something or someone, or to violently destroy a place

Usage examples:

Waves of corporate downsizing have devastated employee morale., i was so devastated i was crying co…

verb

Take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.

Usage examples:

We sat by the fire, drinking our tea

noun

A liquid that can be swallowed as refreshment or nourishment.

Usage examples:

Fizzy drinks

verb

Take in liquids

verb

Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.

Usage examples:

Firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze

verb

To stop a fire or light from burning

Usage examples:

It took the firefighters four hours to extinguish the flames.

verb

To take something away, for example a right to do something

Usage examples:

A deed restriction extinguishes the right to use or develop a property for certain things., with in…

verb

Make or become flat or flatter.

Usage examples:

Her hair had been flattened by the storm

verb

Make flat or flatter

verb

Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it.

Usage examples:

Grind some black pepper over the salad

noun

A crushing or grating sound or motion.

Usage examples:

The crunch and grind of bulldozers

noun

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

noun

A large group of people.

Usage examples:

A horde of beery rugby fans

noun

A large group, esp. of people

Usage examples:

A horde of reporters waited on the lawn outside the white house.

verb

Crowd together; nestle closely.

Usage examples:

They huddled together for warmth

noun

A close grouping of people or things.

Usage examples:

A huddle of huts

verb

To come close together in a group, or to hold your arms and legs close to your body, esp. because of cold or fear

Usage examples:

Everyone huddled around the fire to keep warm., the football players formed a huddle.

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

Usage examples:

You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

noun

An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.

Usage examples:

He had developed an infatuation with the girl

noun

Strong but not usually lasting feelings of love or attraction

Usage examples:

It's just an infatuation. she'll get over it., no one expected their infatuation with each other to…

verb

Squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space.

Usage examples:

Four of us were jammed in one compartment

noun

An instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck.

Usage examples:

Paper jams

verb

A sweet spread or conserve made from fruit and sugar boiled to a thick consistency.

Usage examples:

Strawberry jam

noun

An intense feeling of deep affection.

Usage examples:

Babies fill parents with feelings of love

verb

Feel deep affection for (someone).

Usage examples:

He loved his sister dearly

verb

(especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid.

Usage examples:

Macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar

verb

To leave food in a liquid so that it absorbs the liquid and becomes soft, or to become soft in this way

Usage examples:

Mix together all the ingredients and leave them to macerate in the fridge overnight.

verb

Destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing.

Usage examples:

The car was mangled almost beyond recognition

noun

A machine having two or more rollers turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed to remove excess moisture.

Usage examples:

‘if i wasn't at school, i had to turn the handle on the mangle while mum put the sheets through,’ p…

verb

Press or squeeze with a mangle.

Usage examples:

The hard household labour often involved pounding clothes in a dolly tub and mangling them with a h…

verb

Reduce (food or other substance) to a soft mass by crushing it.

Usage examples:

Mash the beans to a paste

noun

A soft mass made by crushing a substance into a pulp, sometimes with the addition of liquid.

Usage examples:

Pound the garlic to a mash

noun

Compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.

Usage examples:

At mills or bakeries, barley flour can be added to flours from other grains for baking.

verb

Grind (something) in a mill.

Usage examples:

Hard wheats are easily milled into white flour

noun

A monetary unit used only in calculations, worth one thousandth of a dollar.

Usage examples:

A thick paper (and later a lightweight metal) coin with a round hole in the center, the mill was wo…

noun

A large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence.

Usage examples:

A mob of protesters

verb

Crowd round (someone) or into (a place) in an unruly way.

Usage examples:

He was mobbed by autograph hunters

noun

A large group of people gathered together who are often uncontrollable or violent

Usage examples:

He arrived at the airport to find a mob of adoring fans waiting for him., she was mobbed by her fan…

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Usage examples:

She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror

verb

To cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed

Usage examples:

He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother.

noun

A large number of people or things.

Usage examples:

A multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight

noun

A large number of things

Usage examples:

[ u ] two large circles are surrounded by a multitude of small, colorful squares., [ pl ] as manage…

noun

The state of being obsessed with someone or something.

Usage examples:

She cared for him with a devotion bordering on obsession

verb

Succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty).

Usage examples:

He overcame his pain for a time

verb

Defeat or overcome with superior strength.

Usage examples:

He overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station

verb

To defeat someone by having greater strength or power

Usage examples:

The team’s forward is strong enough to overpower smaller defenders and quick enough to drive past b…

noun

A small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it.

Usage examples:

A pack of cigarettes

verb

Fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel.

Usage examples:

I packed a bag and left

verb

Fill (a jury, committee, etc.) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision.

Usage examples:

His efforts to pack the supreme court with men who shared his ideology

noun

A brief infatuation.

Usage examples:

Kath's got a pash on him

verb

Kiss and caress amorously.

Usage examples:

We don't even have to tell one or more of the girls we're pashing.

noun

Strong and barely controllable emotion.

Usage examples:

A man of impetuous passion

noun

A heavy tool with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding substances such as spices or drugs, typically in a mortar.

Usage examples:

And i used cardamom seeds that i crushed in my pestle and mortar, rather than ready-ground.

verb

Crush or grind with a pestle.

Usage examples:

She measured seeds into the mortar and pestled them to powder

noun

A hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar

noun

A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg).

Usage examples:

A short ton is the standard u.s. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.

verb

Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Patrick pounded the couch with his fists

verb

Shut (an animal) in a pound.

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

noun

A soft, wet, shapeless mass of material.

Usage examples:

Boiling with soda will reduce your peas to pulp

verb

Crush into a soft, wet, shapeless mass.

Usage examples:

Bales of waste paper were chopped, shredded, and pulped

noun

A soft, wet mass, often produced by crushing something

Usage examples:

Mash the bananas to a pulp and then mix in the yogurt., wood pulp

verb

Reduce to fine particles.

Usage examples:

The brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment

verb

To press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass

Usage examples:

Seashells were pulverized by the ocean’s waves., infml our team aims to pulverize the competition (…

collocation

Put in a horizontal position

phrasal verb

Stop holding something and place it on a surface or the ground.

Usage examples:

Harry put down his cup

phrasal verb

Record something in writing.

Usage examples:

He's putting a few thoughts down on paper

verb

Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.

Usage examples:

His conviction was quashed on appeal

verb

To stop or block something from happening

Usage examples:

The secretary of defense tried to quash speculation that he was planning to resign following the di…

verb

To state officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted

Usage examples:

Quash a conviction/decision/order his conviction was quashed in march after a lengthy legal battle.…

verb

Put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force.

Usage examples:

Extra police were called to quell the disturbance

verb

To completely stop or end something

Usage examples:

The police were called in to quell the riot., he’s been unable to quell his wife’s suspicions.

verb

Subdue (someone or something) by force.

Usage examples:

The uprisings were repressed

noun

A disorderly retreat of defeated troops.

Usage examples:

The retreat degenerated into a rout

verb

Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder.

Usage examples:

In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed

verb

Cut a groove, or any pattern not extending to the edges, in (a wooden or metal surface).

Usage examples:

You routed each plank all along its length

noun

The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses.

Usage examples:

A ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea

abbreviation

Short for single european act.

noun

A large area of salt water that is partly or completely surrounded by land, or the salt water that covers most of the surface of the earth

Usage examples:

[ c ] the caribbean/mediterranean sea, [ c ] the seas are filled with creatures we know nothing abo…

verb

Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

Usage examples:

Bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded

verb

Violently break (something) into pieces.

Usage examples:

The thief smashed a window to get into the car

noun

An act or sound of something smashing.

Usage examples:

He heard the smash of glass

adverb

With a sudden, violent shattering.

Usage examples:

They were together for an instant, and then smash it was all gone

verb

Crush or smash.

Usage examples:

They smushed marshmallows in their mouths

noun

A piece of thin wood in the centre of a chair back.

Usage examples:

The set is represented by four side chairs and the splat of a fifth.

adverb

With a splat.

Usage examples:

He lands splat on his right elbow

verb

Crush or squash with a splat.

Usage examples:

He was splatting a bug

noun

A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece.

Usage examples:

A splinter of ice

verb

Break or cause to break into small sharp fragments.

Usage examples:

The soap box splintered

noun

A small, sharp, piece of wood, glass, or similar material that has broken off a larger piece

Usage examples:

She tried to ignore the splinter in her foot., the old tree cracked and splintered as it fell.

verb

Crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape.

Usage examples:

Wash and squash the cans before depositing them

noun

A state of being squeezed or forced into a small or restricted space.

Usage examples:

It was a bit of a squash but he didn't seem to mind

noun

An edible gourd, the flesh of which may be cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Usage examples:

There's much more beta carotene in traditional crops, from leafy green vegetables to squashes, melo…

verb

Firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

Usage examples:

Kate squeezed his hand affectionately

noun

An act of squeezing something.

Usage examples:

A gentle squeeze of the trigger

Press firmly

verb

Squash or crush.

Usage examples:

Now all i have to remember to do is to stop squidging the six-legged offenders in case they're carr…

verb

Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person).

Usage examples:

She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud

verb

Put down by force or intimidation

verb

To reduce the force of (someone or something)

Usage examples:

She’d be hard to subdue if she got mad.

verb

Forcibly put an end to.

Usage examples:

The rising was savagely suppressed

verb

To end something by force

Usage examples:

He either has to begin reforms, or he has to suppress the opposition., he was accused of suppressin…

verb

To prevent something from being seen or expressed

Usage examples:

Any decisions to suppress information would have been made by senior managers, not by shareholders.…

noun

A large or dense group of flying insects.

Usage examples:

A swarm of locusts

verb

(of flying insects) move in or form a swarm.

Usage examples:

A plague of locusts swarmed across the countryside

noun

A large group of insects, esp. bees, or any large, busy group

Usage examples:

Swarms of reporters descended on the little town., in summer, mosquitoes swarm around that pond., t…

noun

A large, densely packed crowd of people or animals.

Usage examples:

He pushed his way through the throng

verb

(of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area).

Usage examples:

A crowd thronged the station

noun

A large group of people

Usage examples:

A huge throng had gathered around the speaker., [ t ] the narrow streets were thronged with tourist…

verb

Defeat thoroughly.

Usage examples:

He successfully vanquished his rival

verb

Defeat in a competition, race, or conflict

verb

To defeat completely

Usage examples:

Smallpox, a once deadly disease, has now been vanquished.