Crush

Noun

 * 1) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
 * 2) Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.
 * 3) A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this infatuation.
 * 4) A violent crowding
 * 5) A crowd control barrier
 * 6) A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling
 * 7) A party, festive function

Verb

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.
 * 3) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
 * 4) To oppress or burden grievously.
 * 5) To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
 * 6)  To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
 * 7) To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.

Adverbs for Crush
perfectly; deliberately; tenderly; softly; completely; painfully; carelessly; nervously; rigorously; spiritually; overwhelmingly; finally.

Thesaurus
abase, abash, abolish, abrade, affection, afflict, aggrieve, anguish, annihilate, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, army, asphyxiate, atomize, batter, bear, bear down, beat, beat down, bellyful, beloved, beloved object, bend, blot out, bottle up, bray, break, break down, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, brecciate, bring down, bring low, bring to tears, bring to terms, bruise, buck, bumper, butter, calf love, capacity, case, cataplasm, censor, charge, chew, choke off, clamp, clamp down on, clamping, clamping down, cluster, cohue, comminute, complement, compress, compression, confound, confute, conquer, contradict, contriturate, controvert, contuse, cork, cork up, crack down on, cram, crash, crease, crinkle, crowd, crumb, crumble, crumple, crunch, cut to pieces, cut up, damp down, darling, dash, dear, dear one, dearly beloved, debase, defeat, degrade, deluge, demean, demolish, demoralize, dental pulp, deny, depress, desolate, destroy, devastate, diffuse, diminish, disgrace, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dispose of, disrupt, draw tears, drove, drown, dump, dump on, embarrass, embitter, ensphere, express, extinguish, fell, fill, finish, fission, flatten, flock, flood, floor, flour, fondness, fragment, full house, full measure, gag, galaxy, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grieve, grind, grind to powder, gust, gusto, heap, hold down, horde, host, humble, humiliate, infatuation, inundate, jam, jam up, jump on, keep down, keep under, kill, knock down, lading, legion, levigate, light of love, likes, liking, load, love, loved one, lower, macerate, maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, mash, mass, master, masticate, mill, mince, mob, mortify, mouthful, multitude, mush, muzzle, nip, nonplus, obliterate, oppress, overcome, overmaster, overpower, override, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, panoply, paper pulp, parry, pash, passing fancy, passion, paste, pestle, pinch, pith, plaster, porridge, poultice, pound, pour water on, powder, press, pressure, prostrate, psych out, pudding, pulp, pulp lead, pulpify, pulpwood, pulverize, puppy love, push, put down, put to silence, quash, quell, quench, rabble, rag pulp, rebut, reduce, reduce to powder, reduce to silence, refute, relish, repress, ride down, rout, ruck, ruin, rumple, sauce, scatter, scrunch, set down, settle, shake, shame, shard, shatter, shiver, shred, shut down on, shut up, silence, sit down on, sit on, skinful, smash, smash all opposition, smash up, smother, snootful, sorrow, spate, splinter, sponge, squab, squash, squeeze, squeezing, squelch, squish, stanch, stifle, strangle, stultify, subdue, subjugate, subvert, suffocate, sulfate pulp, sulfite pulp, suppress, take down, taste, thrash, throng, throttle, tighten, tightening, torment, trample down, trample underfoot, tread underfoot, trip up, triturate, truelove, tweak, tyrannize, unbrace, undermine, undo, unman, unnerve, unstring, upset, vanquish, wad up, weakness, well-beloved, white lead, wood pulp, wreck, wrinkle

Etymology
From cruschen:, crousshen:,  cruisir:, croissir: <  cruscire:, of  origin, from  *krostjan. Akin to 𐌺𐍂𐌿𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽:, Old  krusa, krosa "to crush",  krossen "to crush",  krysta:,  kryste:,  kreysta:.

Derived terms
crush hat; crush room; crusher; crushing; crush on; crush out; crushed sugar; crushed velvet;

Noun

 * Bulgarian: смачкване
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Finnish:


 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: раздавливание


 * Finnish:


 * Russian: давка


 * Bulgarian: увлечение
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 迷上, 迷戀, 迷恋, 迷住,, , 動心, 动心, 暗戀, 暗恋, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * German:
 * Hebrew: הידלקות (hidalqut)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ときめき
 * Portuguese: paixonite
 * Russian: увлечение, пылкая любовь
 * Spanish: estar embobado, estar colado, estar encaprichado
 * Swedish: förälskelse


 * Dutch: ,


 * Dutch: dranghek

Verb

 * Bulgarian: смачквам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: verpletteren, pletten
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Norwegian: sammenpresse


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: давить
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: krossa


 * Bulgarian: раздробявам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: vermalen, vergruizelen
 * Ewe: to, tu
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Norwegian: finknuse


 * Portuguese: esmigalhar, pulverizar, triturar
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: дробить
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: krossa, mala


 * Bulgarian: смачквам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: verpletteren, vermorzelen
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hebrew: מחץ


 * Norwegian: sammentrykke
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: раздавливать
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Bulgarian: потискам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: давить


 * Bulgarian: съкрушавам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: подавлять


 * Czech: se
 * Finnish: ,


 * Norwegian: knuses
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish: olla ihastunut, olla pihkassa, olla lätkässä