crush

Meanings

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
A violent crowding.
A crowd control barrier.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
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.

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, 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 compass, 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.

From Middle English cruschen ("to crush, smash, squeeze, squash"), from Old French croissir ("to crush"), from Late Latin *cruscio ("to brush"), from Frankish *krostjan ("to crush, squeeze, squash"). Akin to Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 ("to gnash"), Old Swedish krusa ("to crush"), Middle Low German krossen ("to break"), Swedish krysta ("to squeeze"), Danish kryste ("to squash"), Icelandic kreista ("to squeeze, squash"), Faroese kroysta ("to squeeze").

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