crush vs squash

crush

noun
  • A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit. 

  • A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling. 

  • The human object of such infatuation or affection. 

  • A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure. 

  • The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place. 

  • A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. 

  • A group or gang. 

  • A crowd control barrier. 

  • The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display. 

  • A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing. 

  • A violent crowding. 

  • Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd. 

  • An infatuation with somebody one is not dating. 

verb
  • To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. 

  • To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding. 

  • To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force. 

  • To feel infatuation or unrequited love. 

  • To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to. 

  • To overwhelm by pressure or weight. 

  • To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display. 

  • To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.). 

  • To oppress or grievously burden. 

  • To overcome completely; to subdue totally. 

squash

noun
  • A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water. 

  • Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash. 

  • A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure. 

  • A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets. 

  • An extremely one-sided, usually short, match. 

  • Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash. 

  • Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash. 

  • Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini. 

  • The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish. 

  • Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins. 

  • Any other similar-looking plant of other genera. 

  • A place or a situation where people have limited space to move. 

verb
  • To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush. 

  • To suppress; to force into submission. 

  • To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze. 

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