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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
crush
n 1: leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated [syn: {crushed
leather}]
2: a dense crowd of people [syn: {jam}, {press}]
3: temporary love of an adolescent [syn: {puppy love}, {calf
love}, {infatuation}]
4: the act of crushing [syn: {crunch}, {compaction}]
v 1: come down on "The government oppresses political activists"
[syn: {oppress}, {suppress}]
2: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or
condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
[syn: {squash}, {squelch}, {mash}, {squeeze}]
3: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi
beat Becker in tennsi championship"; "We beat the
competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football
game" [syn: {beat}, {beat out}, {trounce}, {vanquish}]
4: break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
5: crus or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: {jam}]
6: make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down
racial discrimination" [syn: {break down}]
7: become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The
plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
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