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