Meaning

14 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

    Zusammenprall, Kollision, Zerschmetterung

    разда́вливаниеrazdávlivanije

  2. (countable, uncountable)Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

    да́вкаdávka

    a dense crowd of people

  3. (countable, uncountable)A violent crowding.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.

    a crush at a reception

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)A group or gang.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A crowd control barrier.

    Absperrung, Polizeigitter

  7. (countable, uncountable)A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.

  8. (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.

  9. 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

  10. (countable, uncountable)A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.

  11. (countable, dated, uncountable)A party or festive function.

    Party

  12. (Australia, countable, uncountable)The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.

Examples

518 sentences

  1. Tom has a crush on Mary.

    Том підзапав на Мері. — deniko

    ruТом запал на Мэри. — shanghainese

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  2. Tom had a crush on Mary.

    Том колись западав на Мері. — deniko

    ruТом запал на Мэри. — shanghainese

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  3. Tom had a major crush on Mary.

    Том серйозно западав на Мері. — deniko

    ruТом серьёзно увлёкся Мэри. — shanghainese

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  4. Tom has a bit of a crush on Mary.

    Том трохи запав на Мері. — deniko

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  5. Tom had no idea that Mary had a crush on him.

    Том поняття не мав, що Мері на нього запала. — deniko

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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
Singularcrush
Pluralcrushes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words
Derivedcattle crushcrush barriercrush cagecrush depthcrusheecrush hatcrushlikecrush loadcrush partycrush pencrushproofcrush roomcrush syndromecrushworthycrush zonefruit crushgirl crushlivestock crushman crushnoncrush

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

6 patterns
  • a crush on
  • had a crush
  • huge crush on
  • a huge crush
  • crush on her
  • huge crush

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
crunchycrusadecrustcrustacean

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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