crush

verb

• 1deform, pulverize, or force inwards by compressing forcefully:you can crush a pill between two spoons a labourer was crushed to death by a lorry (as adjective crushed)the crushed remains of a Ford Cortina
• crease or crumple (cloth or paper).

• 2violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion):the government had taken elaborate precautions to crush any resistance

• 3make (someone) feel overwhelmingly disappointed or embarrassed:I was crushed—was I not good enough? (as adjective crushing)the news came as a crushing blow

noun

• 1 [usually in singular] a crowd of people pressed closely together:a number of youngsters fainted in the crush

• 2 informal a brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable:she did have a crush on Dr Russell
• a person with whom someone is infatuated:it turns out she thought you were flirting with her crush

• 3 [mass noun] a drink made from the juice of pressed fruit:lemon crush

• 4 (also crush pen) a fenced passage with one narrow end, used for handling cattle or sheep.