Crush - Definition

n 1: leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated [syn:
crushed leather, crush]
2: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press]
3: temporary love of an adolescent [syn: puppy love, calf
love, crush, infatuation]
4: the act of crushing [syn: crush, crunch, compaction]
v 1: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
"The government oppresses political activists" [syn:
oppress, suppress, crush]
2: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
"crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash,
crush, squelch, mash, squeeze]
3: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi
beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the
competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football
game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce,
vanquish]
4: break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
5: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his
refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed
her" [syn: crush, smash, demolish]
6: crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: jam, crush]
7: make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down
racial discrimination" [syn: break down, crush]
8: become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The
plastic bottle crushed against the wall"