Word Finder - crushes

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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 crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

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a crush at a reception

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A violent crowding.

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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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An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.

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I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.

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

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A party or festive function.

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

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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.

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to crush grapes

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To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding

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to crush quartz

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• comminute

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To overwhelm by pressure or weight.

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After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections

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To oppress or grievously burden.

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To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

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The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.

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To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

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an eggshell crushes easily

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To feel infatuation or unrequited love.

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She's crushing on him.

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To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.

Queen Elizabeth I crushes a Catholic uprising in the north of England.

All too often, the clipper "crushes" the nail, and this can be uncomfortable for the dog.

My advice, since you don't live nearby or go to the same school, and he openly talks about his other crushes, is to let this be an online fun kind of relationship.

You have plenty of time to date many girls, experience crushes, and fall madly in love,.

That's just testosterone talking, and most guys get shy from time to time around their crushes.

By then, her friend may have changed guy crushes, or your daughter may have developed an entirely new one.

Sadly, most schoolboy crushes do not work out as hoped.

However, some schoolboy crushes do in fact work out.

There are many different topics as well such as falling in love, what it feels like to be in love and crushes.

Cute love teenage poems can express all of the complex emotions teens feel during their first relationships or crushes.

In a world where most sequels pale in comparison to their originals, the Sims 2 crushes its predecessor into its own hardwood flooring.

I have had lots of crushes on guys but never really flirted with them.

I always had crushes on guys and I would flirt with them, but they never seem to have any interest in me.

Start by talking to her about the actors you have crushes on and then move to the boys in your school that the girls like.

In its early days, the program took a light and simple approach, focusing on typical teen-angst topics ranging from crushes to clothes.

The love affair in this song isn't built to last, but it does capture the thrills and extremes of teenage crushes, summer flings and first loves.

Making your own quiz is a simple matter of joining the site and then filling in some blanks - setting up categories such as "crushes." "girlfriends" and "emo".

Favorite teacher's telling you good luck, best friends pledging to be there forever, secret crushes writing cryptic messages- they're all there for you to smile over, cry, over and in some cases, puzzle through!

Crushes and infatuation, comes and goes….

Crushes are fun, true love can be..but can also break hearts.

Also, some of my friends have crushes on Nick, too, but they say that it's for his looks.

Crushes are a normal part of growing up, so my advice is keep your options open, but be truthful so that everyone knows you're not ready to date just one boy at this point in your life.

The post of representative, and still more that of priest, was eagerly coveted and provided a scope for the ambitions which despotism usually crushes.

From all periods of the world - from medieval piety and stoical pride, Kant and Sophocles, science and art, religion and philosophy - with disdain of mere chronology, Hegel gathers in the vineyards of the human spirit the grapes from which he crushes the wine of thought.

An objection to the construction of hedges of hazel is the injury not infrequently done to them by the nut gatherer, who "with active vigour crushes down the tree" (Thomson's Seasons, " Autumn"), and otherwise damages it.