crush
1. leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
crushed leather
• Hypernyms:
leather
2. a dense crowd of people
• Syn:
jam, press
• Derivationally related forms:
press (for: press), jam (for: jam)
• Hypernyms:
crowd
• Hyponyms:
traffic jam, snarl-up
3. the act of crushing
• Syn:
crunch, compaction
• Derivationally related forms:
compact (for: compaction), crunch (for: crunch)
• Hypernyms:
compression, compressing
• Hyponyms:
grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation
4. temporary love of an adolescent
• Syn:
puppy love, calf love, infatuation
• Derivationally related forms:
infatuate (for: infatuation)
• Hypernyms:
love
1. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority (Freq. 4)
- The government oppresses political activists
• Syn:
oppress, suppress
• Derivationally related forms:
crushing, suppressive (for: suppress), suppression (for: suppress), suppresser (for: suppress), oppressive (for: oppress), oppression (for: oppress), oppressor (for: oppress)
• Hyponyms:
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (Freq. 3)
- crush an aluminum can
- squeeze a lemon
• Syn:
squash, squelch, mash, squeeze
• Derivationally related forms:
squeeze (for: squeeze), squeezer (for: squeeze), mash (for: mash), crusher
• Hypernyms:
press
• Hyponyms:
wring, stamp, steamroller, tread, telescope
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict (Freq. 3)
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
• Syn:
beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Derivationally related forms:
vanquishable (for: vanquish), vanquisher (for: vanquish), trouncing (for: trounce), beatable (for: beat), beating (for: beat)
• Hypernyms:
get the better of, overcome, defeat
• Hyponyms:
outpoint, outscore, walk over, eliminate, worst,
pip, mop up, whip, rack up, whomp, get the best,
have the best, overcome, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout, get the jump,
cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey,
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo,
surmount, outperform, get over, subdue, master, outflank,
trump, best, scoop, outfight, overpower, overmaster,
overwhelm, checkmate, mate, immobilize, immobilise, outplay,
cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
• Verb Group:
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
• Entailment:
win
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to crush his opponent
4. break into small pieces (Freq. 2)
- The car crushed the toy
• Derivationally related forms:
crusher
• Hypernyms:
break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
• Hyponyms:
bruise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They crush the glass tubes
5. humiliate or depress completely
- She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation
- The death of her son smashed her
• Syn:
smash, demolish
• Derivationally related forms:
demolition (for: demolish)
• Hypernyms:
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will crush him
6. crush or bruise
- jam a toe
• Syn:
jam
• Hypernyms:
bruise, contuse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. make ineffective
- Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
• Syn:
break down
• Derivationally related forms:
breakdown (for: break down)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
8. become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
- The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
• Hypernyms:
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- The glass tubes crush
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