Synonyms: crunch, crush, compaction
Definition: the act of crushing
Similar words: compressing, compression
Definition: applying pressure
Synonyms: infatuation, crush, calf love, puppy love
Definition: temporary love of an adolescent
Similar words: love
Definition: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
Usage: his love for his work; children need a lot of love
Definition: a dense crowd of people
Similar words: crowd
Definition: a large number of things or people considered together
Usage: a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
Synonyms: crush, crushed leather
Definition: leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
Similar words: leather
Definition: an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
Synonyms: crush
Definition: break into small pieces
Usage: The car crushed the toy
Similar words: fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up
Definition: break or cause to break into pieces
Usage: The plate fragmented
Synonyms: crush
Definition: become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
Usage: The plastic bottle crushed against the wall
Similar words: separate, split up, come apart, break, fall apart
Definition: become separated into pieces or fragments
Usage: The figurine broke; The freshly baked loaf fell apart
Synonyms: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Similar words: overcome, defeat, get the better of
Definition: win a victory over
Usage: You must overcome all difficulties; defeat your enemies; He overcame his shyness; He overcame his infirmity; Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
Synonyms: break down, crush
Definition: make ineffective
Usage: Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: crush or bruise
Usage: jam a toe
Similar words: bruise, contuse
Definition: injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
Usage: I bruised my knee
Synonyms: mash, crush, squash, squeeze, squelch
Definition: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Usage: crush an aluminum can; squeeze a lemon
Similar words: press
Definition: exert pressure or force to or upon
Usage: He pressed down on the boards; press your thumb on this spot
Synonyms: demolish, crush, smash
Definition: humiliate or depress completely
Usage: She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation; The death of her son smashed her
Similar words: humble, humiliate, mortify, abase, chagrin
Definition: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Usage: He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss