vt to oppress or burden grievously.
2. crush ·vt to overcome completely; to subdue totally.
3. crush ·noun a violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
4. crush ·vt to overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
5. crush ·noun violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
6. crush ·vt to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
7. crush ·vi to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.
8. crush ·vt to press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.