Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Treated so as to have a permanently crinkled or rumpled appearance. Used of a fabric.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Broken or bruised by squeezing or pressure: as, crushed strawberries.
- Broken or bruised to powder by grinding or pounding; pulverized; comminuted: as, crushed sugar; crushed quartz.
- Crumpled; rumpled; pressed out of shape, as by crowding: as, a crushed hat or bonnet.
- Overwhelmed or subdued by power; pressed or kept down as by a superincumbent weight.
- Oppressed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; -- of fabrics.
- adjective utterly defeated.
- adjective brought low in condition or status by confusion, humiliation, or severe disappointment.
- adjective broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
crush . - adjective
pulverised , rendered into small, disconnectedfragments . - adjective
Broken ,saddened ,depressed - adjective not comparable, textiles Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
- adjective subdued or brought low in condition or status
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Examples
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I. ii.23 (14,4) his valour is crushed into folly] To be _crushed into folly_, is to be _confused_ and mingled with _folly_, so as that they make one mass together.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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The pomace which is what you call crushed apples fell into a slatted tub and, when the tub was full, a wooden disc was set on top of the pomace.
Archive 2005-10-01 Herrick Kimball 2005
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The pomace which is what you call crushed apples fell into a slatted tub and, when the tub was full, a wooden disc was set on top of the pomace.
When Me & Ed Made Apple Cider Herrick Kimball 2005
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Gently fold in crushed Oreo cookies with a spatula.
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However the tactic of Mass illegal arrests (sorry, Kettling) meant that this 1% were mixed in crushed crowds.
Ooooh….. I didn’t know that! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I used a whisper white 6 X 6 piece of cardstock and stamped the Medallion stamp in crushed curry in the lower right hand corner.
Archive 2009-10-01 jpitta 2009
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I used a whisper white 6 X 6 piece of cardstock and stamped the Medallion stamp in crushed curry in the lower right hand corner.
Progressive pages... jpitta 2009
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A Metrorail train crushed his legs, but he survived.
Man who killed wife, acquaintance was insane, Md. judge rules Ruben Castaneda 2010
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The Quiru, said the myths, had for that sin crushed Rhiannon and locked him into a hidden tomb.
Archive 2010-01-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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That the decadent and barbarous peoples will be crushed is a fair presumption; likewise that the stronger breeds will survive, entering upon the transition stage to which all the world must ultimately come.
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