Crush /(krŭsh)/

imp. & p. p. Crushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Crushing

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.

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

   The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall.

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.

   To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.

   Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again.

4. To oppress or burden grievously.

   Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway.

5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

   Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels.

6. to subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch.

1. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

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

   The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.

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

   Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night.