Word Definition

Crush

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