<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms</li><li>to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc.</li><li>to force out by pressing or squeezing; extract</li><li>to crush cottonseeds in order to produce oil</li><li>to rumple; wrinkle; crease</li><li>to smooth or flatten by pressure; to crush leather</li><li>to hug or embrace forcibly or strongly</li><li>to destroy, subdue, or suppress utterly; to crush a revolt</li><li>to overwhelm with confusion, chagrin, or humiliation, as by argumentation or a slighting action or remark; squelch</li><li>to oppress grievously</li><li>to finish drinking (wine, ale, etc.)</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to become crushed</li><li>to advance with crushing; press or crowd forcibly</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of crushing; state of being crushed</li><li>a great crowd: a crush of shoppers</li><li>an intense but usually short-lived infatuation with someone</li><li>the object of such an infatuation</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase (Informal)</strong></p><ul><li>to have an infatuation with; have a crush on</li></ul>