CRUSH


Meaning of CRUSH in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , huge , major ( esp. AmE )

▪ little , small

▪ silly , stupid

▪ childhood , schoolgirl , teenage

▪ secret

VERB + CRUSH

▪ have

▪ develop , get

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ on

She had a huge ~ on one of her teachers.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ slightly

▪ almost , nearly

▪ finely

Crush the garlic finely before adding.

▪ underfoot

insects that had been ~ed underfoot

PREPOSITION

▪ against

She was ~ed against the wall.

▪ beneath , under

He was ~ed beneath a bus.

▪ between

She was ~ed between two cars.

PHRASES

▪ be ~ed , get ~ed

▪ ~ sb to death

Crush is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ army , ↑ competition , ↑ dissent , ↑ dream , ↑ ego , ↑ garlic , ↑ grape , ↑ hope , ↑ insurrection , ↑ opposition , ↑ pelvis , ↑ rebellion , ↑ resistance , ↑ revolt , ↑ revolution , ↑ rib , ↑ rising , ↑ skull , ↑ strike , ↑ uprising

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