Word Finder - crush

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A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

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Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

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A violent crowding.

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A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

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(slang) A group or gang.

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A crowd control barrier.

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A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.

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(informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.

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A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.

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(dated) A party or festive function.

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(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.

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(television, uncountable) 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.

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(uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.

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To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

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To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.

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(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

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(figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).

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To oppress or grievously burden.

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To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

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(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.

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(intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

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(film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.

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(transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.