Definizione monolingua

crush

crush (third-person singular simple present crushes, present participle crushing, simple past and past participle crushed)

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.

   to crush grapes

   Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, crushed, broken or cut. --Lev. xxii.

2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.

   to crush quartz

   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1

     With a wild scream he was upon her, tearing a great piece from her side with his mighty teeth, and striking her viciously upon her head and shoulders with a broken tree limb until her skull was crushed to a jelly.

3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

   After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections

4. To oppress or burden grievously.

   The sultans black guard crushed every resistance bloodily

5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
6. (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

   an eggshell crushes easily

7. To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.

   Shes crushing on him.

8. (sports) to defeat emphatically
   • 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, RTE Sport:

     A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.

crush (plural crushes)

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.
   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mothers door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.

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
   • 1890 Oscar Wilde,The Picture of Dorian Gray ch 1

     Two months ago I went to a crush at Lady Brandons.

Definizione dizionario crush

macinare

	battere
	To end in success a struggle or contest.

	calca
	a violent collision or compression

	cotta
	a short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation

	ressa
	a violent collision or compression

	schiacciarsi
	to push or press something into a small confined space

	sconfiggere
	To end in success a struggle or contest.

	stritolare
	Stringere fortemente fino a far perdere la forma e la consistenza originaria.
	To tighten (something) so strongly that it loses the form and the original consistency

	umiliare
	Annientare la fiducia in sé e il sentimento di felicità di qualcuno.
	To destroy somebody's confidence or happiness.

acciaccare

affluenza

annientare

fola

folla

fracassare

frangere

frantumare

frantumazione

pigiare

premere

quantità

rompere

schiacciamento

schiacciare

sfregare

sgualcire

sopprimere

spezzare

spiegazzare

spremere

spremuta

strizzare

tritare

triturare

Altri significati:

to be or become broken down or in

A party, festive function

To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

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.

a drink made from fruit juice.

A strong feeling of love, often for just a short time, usually by an adolescent

to overwhelm by pressure or weight

Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.

crush (with one’s hands)

violent pressure, as of a crowd

(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force

to press or squeeze something so hard that it causes damage or deforms the object ; to press or squeeze someone so hard that it injures him or her

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

To defeat an opponent overwhelmingly, using great force or violence.

To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.

to press or bruise between two hard bodies

to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding

to break something into small pieces by pressing it flat, or grinding it to powder

To oppress or burden grievously.

A crowd of people pressed close together in a small space.

A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this infatuation.

to overcome completely

To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.

to oppress or burden grievously