crush

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

crushes

1.
(countable, uncountable)A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A violent crowding.
4.
(countable, uncountable)A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
a crush at a reception
5.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A group or gang.
6.
(countable, uncountable)A crowd control barrier.
7.
(countable, uncountable)A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
8.
(countable, informal, uncountable)An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.
9.
(countable, uncountable)A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
10.
(countable, dated, uncountable)A party or festive function.
11.
(Australia, countable, uncountable)The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
12.
(uncountable)(television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
black crush; white crush

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verb

V_es/s

crushes

V_ing/Gerund

crushing

V_ed/pp

crushed

1.
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
to crush grapes
2.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
to crush quartz
Đồng nghĩa: comminute
3.
(figuratively)(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
4.
(colloquial, figuratively)(figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
They had a gig recently at Madison Square—totally crushed it!
5.
To oppress or grievously burden.
6.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
7.
(intransitive)To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
an eggshell crushes easily
8.
(intransitive, transitive)To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
She's crushing on him.
9.
(film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
10.
(transitive)(transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
My old TV set crushes the blacks when the brightness is lowered.

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Đồng nghĩa

comminutesquashto pound or grind into fine particles pulverize, pulveriseto overwhelm overtaketo impress at ace; slay at, kill

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English cruschen (to crush, smash, squeeze, squash), from Old French croissir (to crush), from *crusciō (to crush), from *krustijan (to crush, squeeze, squash), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną (to crush, grind, strike, smash).