crush
41crush — 1. noun /krʌʃ/ a) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. It had taken nine years from the evening that first showed up with a pie plate at her mothers door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his… …
42crush — 1. verb 1) essential oils are released when the herbs are crushed Syn: squash, squeeze, press, compress; pulp, mash, macerate, mangle; flatten, trample on, tread on; informal smush 2) your dress will get crushed Syn …
43crush — n. the person on whom one has a crush; one’s main squeeze; one’s boyfriend or girlfriend. □ I’m gonna go study with my crush tonight. □ Wuz up, man! Where’s your crush? …
44crush — v. & n. v.tr. 1 compress with force or violence, so as to break, bruise, etc. 2 reduce to powder by pressure. 3 crease or crumple by rough handling. 4 defeat or subdue completely (crushed by my reply). n. 1 an act of crushing. 2 a crowded mass of …
45crush — [14] The emergence of crush is something of a mystery. English borrowed it from Old French croissir, but it is not clear where Old French got it from. Some consider it to be of Romance origin, postulating a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *cruscīre to… …
46crush — 1. verb 1) essential oils are released when the herbs are crushed Syn: squash, squeeze, press, pulp, mash, mangle, pulverize 2) your dress will get crushed Syn: crease, crumple, rumple …
47crush — [14] The emergence of crush is something of a mystery. English borrowed it from Old French croissir, but it is not clear where Old French got it from. Some consider it to be of Romance origin, postulating a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *cruscīre to… …
48Crush — This very interesting name has origins wholly different from its first appearance. It is locational and means The Dweller by the Cross from Olde English pre 6th Century Cruc . The modern spellings of Crouch, Crowch, Crotch, Crush and Crutch are… …
49crush — n An infatuation. She has a crush on her teacher and spends all day studying biology. 1920s …
50crush on — See a crush on …
