B1noun · countable / uncountable · common

crush

crush · crushes

прес, преса, друк

давка, раздавливание

Kollision, Zusammenprall, Absperrung, Zerschmetterung

A violent collision or compressionA violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

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/kɹʌʃ/

» Tom has a crush on Mary.

Том запал на Мэри.

Том підзапав на Мері.

Meaning

14 senses

(countable, uncountable)A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Zusammenprall, Kollision, Zerschmetterung
разда́вливаниеrazdávlivanije
(countable, uncountable)Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
да́вкаdávka
a dense crowd of people
(countable, uncountable)A violent crowding.
(countable, uncountable)A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
a crush at a reception
(countable, slang, uncountable)A group or gang.
(countable, uncountable)A crowd control barrier.
Absperrung, Polizeigitter
(countable, uncountable)A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
(countable, informal, uncountable)An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.
An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
(broadly, countable, informal, uncountable)The human object of such infatuation or affection.
He took his crush out for dinner.
Schwarm, Schwarm
увлече́ниеuvlečénije, пы́лкая любо́вьpýlkaja ljubóvʹ, влюбленностьvljublennostʹ
(countable, uncountable)A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
(countable, dated, uncountable)A party or festive function.
Party
(Australia, countable, uncountable)The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.

Examples

518 sentences

Tom has a crush on Mary.
Том підзапав на Мері.
ruТом запал на Мэри.
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Tom had a crush on Mary.
Том колись западав на Мері.
ruТом запал на Мэри.
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Tom had a major crush on Mary.
Том серйозно западав на Мері.
ruТом серьёзно увлёкся Мэри.
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Tom has a bit of a crush on Mary.
Том трохи запав на Мері.
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Tom had no idea that Mary had a crush on him.
Том поняття не мав, що Мері на нього запала.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin:

violent pressure, as of a crowd:

love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited):

Deutsch

By meaning 4

violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin:

crowd control barrier:

love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited):

festive function:

Origin

From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissi

From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *crusciō (“to crush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną (“to crush, grind, strike, smash”).

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Forms

plural: crushes

Singular	crush
Plural	crushes

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Close in meaning

the act of crushing:crunch compaction
a dense crowd of people:jam press
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated:crushed leather
temporary love of an adolescent:puppy love calf love infatuation

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable

Collocations

6 patterns

a crush on
had a crush
huge crush on
a huge crush
crush on her
huge crush