crush

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Synonyms: brush, rush, crash, frush, crust, cruse, cush, crusy, crus, cruth, grush

Antonyms: brush, rush, crash, frush, crust, cruse, cush, crusy, crus, cruth, grush

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A [[violent]] [[collision]] or [[compression]]; a [[crash]]; [[destruction]]; [[ruin]].
2. [[violent|Violent]] [[pressure]], as of a [[move|moving]] [[crowd]].
3. A [[violent]] [[crowding]].
4. A [[crowd]] that [[produce]]s [[uncomfortable]] [[pressure]].
5. {{lb|en|slang}} A group or gang.
6. A [[crowd control]] [[barrier]].
7. A [[drink]] made by [[squeeze|squeezing]] the [[juice]] out of [[fruit]].
8. {{senseid|en|infatuation}}{{lb|en|informal}} An [[infatuation]] with somebody one is not [[date|dating]].
9. A [[standing stock]] or [[cage]] with [[movable]] [[side]]s used to [[restrain]] [[livestock]] for [[safe]] [[handling]].
10. {{lb|en|dated}} A [[party]] or [[festive]] [[function]].
11. {{lb|en|Australia}} The process of [[#Verb|crush]]ing [[cane]] to [[remove]] the [[raw]] [[sugar]], or the [[season]] when this process takes place.
12. {{lb|en|television|uncountable}} The situation where certain [[color]]s are so [[similar]] as to be [[hard]] to [[distinguish]], either as a [[deliberate]] [[effect]] or as a [[limitation]] of a [[display]].

Verb

1. To [[press]] [[between]] two [[hard]] [[object]]s; to [[squeeze]] so as to [[alter]] the [[natural]] [[shape]] or [[integrity]], or to [[force]] together into a [[mass]].
2. To [[reduce]] to [[fine]] [[particle]]s by [[pound]]ing or [[grind]]ing.
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} To [[overwhelm]] by [[pressure]] or [[weight]].
4. {{lb|en|figurative|colloquial}} To do [[impressively]] well at ([[sports]] [[event]]s; [[performance]]s; [[interview]]s; etc.).
5. To [[oppress]] or [[grievously]] [[burden]].
6. {{senseid|en|subdue}} To [[overcome]] completely; to [[subdue]] totally.
7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be or become [[broken down]] or in, or [[press]]ed into a smaller [[volume]] or [[area]], by external [[weight]] or [[force]].
8. {{lb|en|intransitive|transitive}} To feel [[infatuation]] or [[unrequited]] [[love]].
9. {{lb|en|film|television}} To give a [[compress]]ed or [[foreshorten]]ed [[appearance]] to.
10. {{lb|en|transitive|television}} To make certain [[color]]s so [[similar]] as to be [[hard]] to [[distinguish]], either as a [[deliberate]] [[effect]] or as a [[limitation]] of a [[display]].

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