meaning of crushes
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; as, to crush grapes.
2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
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; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
7. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
8. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
9. the act of crushing
Related Words
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