English dictionary
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English noun: crash | |||
| 1. | crash (event) a loud resonant repeating noise | ||
| Samples | He could hear the clang of distant bells. | ||
| Synonyms | clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | noise | ||
| 2. | crash (event) a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) | ||
| Samples | They are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane. | ||
| Synonyms | wreck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accident | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | prang | ||
| 3. | crash (event) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | ||
| Synonyms | collapse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
| 4. | crash (act) the act of colliding with something | ||
| Samples | His crash through the window. The fullback's smash into the defensive line. | ||
| Synonyms | smash | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit, hitting, striking | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | impaction, impingement | ||
| 5. | crash (event) (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative | ||
| Samples | The crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | misadventure, mischance, mishap | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | head crash | ||
| Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
English verb: crash | |||
| 1. | crash (motion) fall or come down violently | ||
| Samples | The branch crashed down on my car. The plane crashed in the sea. | ||
| Examples | The branches crash from the trees | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come down, descend, fall, go down | ||
| 2. | crash (motion) move with, or as if with, a crashing noise | ||
| Samples | The car crashed through the glass door. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| 3. | crash (contact) undergo damage or destruction on impact | ||
| Samples | The plane crashed into the ocean. The car crashed into the lamp post. | ||
| Examples | These cars won't crash | ||
| Synonyms | ram | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clash, collide | ||
| 4. | crash (motion) move violently as through a barrier | ||
| Samples | The terrorists crashed the gate. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||
| 5. | crash (contact) break violently or noisily; smash | ||
| Examples | The glass tubes crash | ||
| Synonyms | break apart, break up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disintegrate | ||
| Verb group | crash | ||
| 6. | crash (stative) occupy, usually uninvited | ||
| Samples | My son's friends crashed our house last weekend. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lodge in, occupy, reside | ||
| 7. | crash (perception) make a sudden loud sound | ||
| Samples | The waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, sound | ||
| 8. | crash (motion) enter uninvited; informal | ||
| Samples | Let's crash the party!. | ||
| Synonyms | barge in, gate-crash | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intrude, irrupt | ||
| 9. | crash (contact) cause to crash | ||
| Samples | The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace. Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | collide | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ditch, prang, wrap | ||
| Cause | break apart, break up, crash | ||
| Verb group | break apart, break up, crash | ||
| 10. | crash (contact) hurl or thrust violently | ||
| Samples | He dashed the plate against the wall. Waves were dashing against the rock. | ||
| Synonyms | dash | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cast, hurl, hurtle | ||
| 11. | crash (change) undergo a sudden and severe downturn | ||
| Samples | The economy crashed. Will the stock market crash again?. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| 12. | crash (change) stop operating | ||
| Samples | My computer crashed last night. The system goes down at least once a week. | ||
| Synonyms | go down | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | ||
| 13. | crash (body) sleep in a convenient place | ||
| Samples | You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable. | ||
| Synonyms | doss, doss down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bed down, bunk down | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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