English / word
crush
noun, verb B1MEANING IN ENGLISH
a brief but intense infatuation for someone; or compression that breaks something
to press or squeeze something so hard that it is damaged or destroyed
In context
01
As a teenager, she had a quiet crush on her classmate.
02
There was a dangerous crush of people trying to enter the gate.
Synonyms
crowd,pressure,squash
Antonyms
build,repair,release
Collocations
crush into pieces,crush under pressure,have a crush
Verb forms
Past: crushed · Past participle: crushed · -ing: crushing