14. crush an intense but usu. short-lived infatuation.
15. crush the object of such an infatuation.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME cruschen < MF cruisir < Gmc; cf. MLG krossen, early Sw krusa, krosa to crush)
Definition of 'CRUSH'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)crushed leather, crush leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
2. (noun)crush, jam, press a dense crowd of people
3. (noun)puppy love, calf love, crush, infatuation temporary love of an adolescent
4. (verb)crush, crunch, compaction the act of crushing
5. (verb)oppress, suppress, crush come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority "The government oppresses political activists"
6. (verb)squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
7. (verb)beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
8. (verb)crush break into small pieces "The car crushed the toy"
9. (verb)crush, smash, demolish humiliate or depress completely "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
10. (verb)jam, crush crush or bruise "jam a toe"
11. (verb)break down, crush make ineffective "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
12. (verb)crush become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
1. (verb)crush to press on sth with force until it is broken or destroyed a machine for crushing stone; He was crushed by a falling tree.
2. crush to severely defeat Reports suggest they are crushing the rebel forces.
3. (noun)crush a feeling of romantic love I have a crush on him.
Definition of 'CRUSH'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)CRUSH a violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin
2. (noun)CRUSH violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception
3. (verb)CRUSH 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
4. (verb)CRUSH to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz
5. (verb)CRUSH to overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight
6. (verb)CRUSH to oppress or burden grievously
7. (verb)CRUSH to overcome completely; to subdue totally
8. (verb)CRUSH to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily
Definitions of CRUSH 
Afrikaans: verpletter, verbrysel
Arabic: يسْحَق، يَهْرُس
Bulgarian: смачквам (се)
Brazilian: esmagar
Czech: (roz)mačkat
German: zerquetschen
Danish: knuse
Greek: συνθλίβω
Spanish: aplastar
Estonian: puruks muljuma
Farsi: له شدن؛ خرد شدن
Finnish: murskata
French: écraser
Hebrew: לְרָסֵק
Hindi: कुचलना
Croatian: gnječiti, drobiti
Hungarian: összeprésel
Indonesian: meremuk
Icelandic: kremja
Italian: schiacciare
Japanese: 押しつぶす
Korean: 눌러 부수다
Lithuanian: (su)traiškyti, (su)lamdyt
Latvian: saspiest; saberzt
Malay: remuk
Dutch: verpletteren
Norwegian: knuse, klemme, presse (sa
Polish: gnieść
Persian: له شدن؛ خرد شدن
Pashto: ټوټه کول
Portuguese: esmagar
Romanian: a zdrobi
Russian: раздавливать
Slovak: rozmliaždiť
Slovenian: zmečkati
Serbian: smrskati
Swedish: krossa
Thai: บีบอัด
Turkish: ezmek
Taiwanese: 壓碎
Ukrainian: розбивати(ся)
Urdu: کچل ڈالنا، پیس ڈالنا
Vietnamese: đè nát
Chinese: 压碎
