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crush

1 of 2

verb

ˈkrəsh How to pronounce crush (audio)
crushed; crushing; crushes

transitive verb

1
a
: to squeeze or force by pressure so as to alter or destroy structure
crush grapes
b
: to squeeze together into a mass
She crushed her clothes into a bag.
2
: to reduce to particles by pounding or grinding
crush rock
3
a
: to subdue completely
The rebellion was crushed.
b
: to cause overwhelming emotional pain to (someone)
Her insults crushed him.
c
: to oppress or burden grievously
crushed by debt
d
: to suppress or overwhelm as if by pressure or weight
4
: crowd, push
were crushed into the elevator
5
: hug, embrace
She crushed her child to her breast.
6
archaic : drink

intransitive verb

1
: to advance with or as if with crushing
The crowd crushed ruthlessly toward the exit.
2
: to become crushed
The stewed tomatoes crush easily.
3
obsolete : crash
4
informal : to experience an intense and usually passing infatuation : to have a crush on someone
—usually used with on
She's been crushing on him all summer.Turns out Fat Monica was motivated to lose all the weight after she overhead Chandler (whom she was crushing on) tell Ross: "I don't want to be stuck here all night with your fat sister." — Entertainment Weekly
crushable
ˈkrə-shə-bəl How to pronounce crush (audio)
adjective
crusher noun
crushingly adverb

crush

2 of 2

noun

1
: an intense and usually passing infatuation
have a crush on someone
also : the object of infatuation
2
a
: crowd, mob
especially : a crowd of people pressing against one another
b
: a crowding together (as of people)
3
: an act of crushing
4
: the quantity of material crushed
crushproof
ˈkrəsh-ˌprüf How to pronounce crush (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

Verb

Noun

Choose the Right Synonym for crush

crowd, throng, horde, crush, mob mean an assembled multitude.

crowd implies a close gathering and pressing together.

a crowd gathered

throng and horde suggest movement and pushing.

a throng of reporters
a horde of shoppers

crush emphasizes the compactness of the group, the difficulty of individual movement, and the attendant discomfort.

a crush of fans

mob implies a disorderly crowd with the potential for violence.

an angry mob

Example Sentences

Verb Unfortunately some of the flowers got crushed when we were moving them. The bicycle was crushed under the truck's tires. The machine crushes the cans so that they can be stored until they are recycled. Her arm was crushed in the accident. Crush the nuts and sprinkle them on top of the cake. The rocks were crushed into dust. Noun Yesterday I saw my old high school crush for the first time in five years. The crush in the train station is at its worst during the afternoon rush hour. Outside the hotel stood a crush of reporters waiting for her arrival. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Spray aphids with a sharp stream of water that will crush their soft bodies. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 In an ominous indicator of Putin’s determination to crush dissent at home, the Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza was reported to have been detained by police in Moscow. Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022 The question now is whether Tokayev will opt to expand Kazakhstan's political space or try to crush dissent. Tim Lister, CNN, 6 Jan. 2022 This marked the beginnings of a fierce campaign to crush dissent, resulting in the death of dozens at the hands of security forces in street skirmishes in the following months and the arrest of hundreds, many of them civil society leaders. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2021 There certainly are notable cases of scandal in the world of climate science and, as with COVID, a tendency to crush dissent. Aron Ravin, National Review, 17 Aug. 2021 Only when the British withdrew from Palestine in 1948, followed immediately by an all-out attempt by Arab states to crush the nascent Israel, did Israelis take up the sword in self-defense and go on to win land through military conquest. WSJ, 19 June 2022 For many in Taiwan, China’s authoritarian turn under Mr. Xi, and its moves to crush pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, have made any deeper political ties to the country unpalatable. New York Times, 23 May 2022 Late Saturday, Ukrainian officials said Russian forces attempted to storm the factory complex in a final all-out effort to crush resistance. Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
Noun
That said, after a devastating pandemic that caused a prolonged absence of major events, not everyone is upset about having to manage the unique logistics imposed by this calendar crush. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022 Farewell with love to the legend who will forever be my first crush. Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022 Will it get derailed by a crush on her childhood best friend? Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 10 July 2022 With 42 days to complete major business, the Massachusetts Legislature’s typical late-session logjam of budget negotiations and unfinished work is being complicated by an unusual crush of circumstances. Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022 There may be more to Kamala’s crush than meets the eye. Milan Polk, Men's Health, 15 June 2022 Delays in getting health care, created by the crush of acute and long COVID patients during the pandemic, may lead to higher death rates for people who have developed diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other conditions. Melody Schreiber, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2022 But these faint traces of the familiar are swept away in the same current — subsumed by the atonal crush of the music. Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022 But the huge increases in cases has health officials worried that hospitals may be slammed by a crush of patients if transmission remains this high. Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English crusshen, from Anglo-French croissir, croistre, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Low German krossen to crush

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

1599, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of crush was in the 15th century

Phrases Containing crush

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