| VERB | social | crush, oppress, suppress | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | crush, squash, squelch, mash, squeeze | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | |
| competition | crush, beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | |
| change | crush | break into small pieces | |
| emotion | crush, smash | humiliate or depress completely | |
| contact | crush, jam | crush or bruise | |
| competition | crush, break down | make ineffective | |
| change | crush | become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure | |
| NOUN | substance | crush, crushed leather | leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated |
| group | crush, jam, press | a dense crowd of people | |
| feeling | crush, puppy love, calf love, infatuation | temporary love / love of an adolescent | |
| act | crush, crunch, compaction | the act of crushing |
| Sounds | krah'sh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | blush ... underbrush: 17 rhymes with ahsh... | |
| Meaning | Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | crushed leather | |
| Broader | leather | An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning |
| Meaning | A dense crowd of people. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | jam, press | |
| Narrower | traffic jam, snarl-up | A number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move |
| Broader | crowd | A large number of things or people considered together |
| Spanish | aglomeración, gentío, muchedumbre, turba | |
| Catalan | aglomeració, gentada, munió, turba | |
| Meaning | temporary love / love of an adolescent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | puppy love, calf love, infatuation | |
| Broader | love | A strong positive emotion of regard and affection |
| Spanish | amor de adolescentes, amor juvenil, amor pasajero, enamoramiento, encaprichamiento, primer amor | |
| Catalan | amor juvenil, enamoriscament, encaterinament | |
| Meaning | The act of crushing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | crunch, compaction | |
| Narrower | grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation | The act of grinding to a powder or dust |
| Broader | compression, compressing | applying pressure |
| Spanish | crujido | |
| Catalan | cruixit | |
| Verbs | crush | break into small pieces |
| crush | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | |
| Meaning | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | oppress, suppress | |
| Narrower | repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce | Put down by force or intimidation |
| Spanish | abrumar, oprimir, reprimir | |
| Catalan | aclaparar, afeixugar, esclafar, fer callar, oprimir, reprimir | |
| Nouns | crushing | forceful prevention |
| Meaning | To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "crush an aluminum can" | |
| Synonyms | squash, squelch, mash, squeeze | |
| Narrower | stamp | crush or grind with a heavy instrument |
| steamroller | crush with a steamroller as if to level | |
| telescope | crush together or collapse | |
| tread | crush as if by treading on | |
| wring | Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid | |
| Broader | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
| Spanish | aplastar, chafar, chapotear, estrujar, machacar, majar, moler | |
| Catalan | aclaparar, aixafar, esclafar, esprémer, moldre, xafar | |
| Nouns | crush | the act of crushing |
| crusher | a device that crushes / crushes something | |
| Meaning | break into small pieces. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They crush the glass tubes | |
| Example | "The car crushed the toy" | |
| Narrower | bruise | Break up into small pieces for food preparation |
| Broader | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
| Spanish | aplastar, hacer añicos, machacar, pulverizar, triturar | |
| Catalan | aixafar, fer miques, triturar | |
| Nouns | crush | the act of crushing |
| crusher | a device that crushes / crushes something | |
| Meaning | humiliate or depress completely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will crush him | |
| Example | "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation" | |
| Synonym | smash | |
| Broader | humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase | Cause to feel shame |
| Spanish | derruir | |
| Catalan | derruir | |
| Meaning | crush or bruise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | jam | |
| Broader | bruise, contuse | injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of |
| Spanish | aplastar, machacar, magullar, majar, moler, triturar | |
| Catalan | aixafar, esclafar, moldre, triturar | |
| Meaning | make ineffective. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | break down | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | acabar con, derribar, destruir, romper | |
| Catalan | derrocar, rompre, trencar | |
| Meaning | Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | The glass tubes crush | |
| Example | "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" | |
| Broader | break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart | Become separated / separated into pieces or fragments |
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