Crush

·vt To oppress or burden grievously.

II. Crush ·vt To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

III. Crush ·noun A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

IV. Crush ·vt To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

V. Crush ·noun Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.

VI. Crush ·vt To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to Comminute; as, to crush quartz.

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

VIII. Crush ·vt 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.