crush

crush is a 5-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
3. transitive verb. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
4. transitive verb. To oppress or burden grievously.
5. transitive verb. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
6. intransitive verb. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
7. noun. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
8. noun. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
9. noun. the act of crushing

   Synonyms: compaction, crunch

10. noun. temporary love of an adolescent

    Synonyms: infatuation

11. noun. a dense crowd of people

    Synonyms: jam, press

12. noun. leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
13. verb. break into small pieces

    "The car crushed the toy"

14. verb. become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

    "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"

15. verb. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

    "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"

    "We beat the competition"

    Synonyms: beat, shell, trounce, vanquish

16. verb. make ineffective

    "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

17. verb. crush or bruise

    "jam a toe"

    Synonyms: jam

18. verb. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

    "crush an aluminum can"

    "squeeze a lemon"

    Synonyms: mash, squash, squeeze, squelch

19. verb. humiliate or depress completely

    "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"

    "The death of her son smashed her"

    Synonyms: demolish, smash

20. verb. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

    "The government oppresses political activists"

    Synonyms: oppress, suppress

Synonyms

compaction, crunch, infatuation, jam, press, beat, shell, trounce, vanquish, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch, demolish, smash, oppress, suppress

Common word forms

crushed, crusher, crushes, crushing, crushable

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