Word Meaning

Meaning of crush

- 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.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
- To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
- To oppress or burden grievously.
- 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; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.

Crossword clue for crush

- Crowd
- Crowd pushed closely together
- Defeat or humiliate utterly
- Flatten
- object of an infatuation like a film star
- Overwhelm
- Press (grapes)
- Squash
- step on
- Subdue completely
- Subdue forcibly
- Suppress an infatuation
- Suppress fleeting infatuation
- Twist