crush :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (6)

crushed leather

n. leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

crunch, compaction

n. the act of crushing

infatuation, calf love, puppy love

n. temporary love of an adolescent

Verbs (14)

break into pieces

v. break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"

break down

v. make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

suppress, oppress

v. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

squeeze, squash, squelch, mash

v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

beat, defeat, trounce, vanquish, overcome, beat out

v. win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (198)

senility, dotage, second childhood

n. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

enchantment, captivation, enthrallment, fascination

n. a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual

break, split up, separate, fall apart, come apart

v. become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

pulp

v. reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood"

powder, powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

bruise, contuse

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

tumble, collapse, break down, crumble, crumple

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

crush, break down

v. make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

smash, dash, break into pieces

v. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"

crash, break up, break apart

v. break violently or noisily; smash;

extinguish, press out, stub out, crush out

v. extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"

kill, put an end to, stamp out

v. end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

tumble, collapse, break down, crumble, crumple

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

crush, break into pieces

v. break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"

grind, grate

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

stomp, stamp, stump

v. walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

squeeze, crush, squash, squelch, mash

v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

smash, blast, boom, nail, hit hard

v. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"

smash, bang up, smash up

v. damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

harass, oppress, persecute

v. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

abuse, mistreat, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treat

v. treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

molest, harass sexually

v. harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

torture, torment, excruciate

v. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

victimize, victimise, make a victim of

v. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

heckle, harass

v. challenge aggressively

hassle, plague, harry, provoke, harass, beset, chivy, chivvy, chevy, molest

v. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

hunt, hound, trace

v. pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"

torment, rag, dun, bedevil, tantalize, frustrate, crucify

v. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

elbow

v. push one's way with the elbows

shoulder, push with the shoulders

v. push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"

propel, impel, move forward

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

herd, crowd, crowd together, herd together, drive together

v. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

beat, thump, pound

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

reduce, keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate

v. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

enslave, reduce to slavery

v. make a slave of; bring into servitude

smash, blast, boom, nail, hit hard

v. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"

grind, dance erotically

v. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

stomp, stamp, stump

v. walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

crush, break down

v. make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

smash, bang up, smash up

v. damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

flatten, become flat, become flatter, flatten out

v. become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"

drop, flatten, lower the pitch of

v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

powder, powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

splash, squelch, slop, splosh, slosh, squish

v. walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

lick, beat, bat, thrash, clobber, drub

v. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

cane, lambaste, lambast, flog

v. beat with a cane

club, bludgeon

v. strike with a club or a bludgeon

cudgel, strike with a cudgel

v. strike with a cudgel

reduce, keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate

ruin

v. reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war"

capitulate, surrender under agreed conditions

v. surrender under agreed conditions

flag, swag, sag, droop, loll

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

humble, make modest, make humble

v. cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (8)

lose, fail to win

v. fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"

advance, gain, win, get ahead, make headway, gain ground

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

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