To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
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 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.
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.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
To begin.
To flinch or draw back.
To awaken suddenly.
To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion).
To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly.
To break away, to come loose.
To put into play.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
To set in motion.
To have its origin (at), begin.
To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
To jerk suddenly in surprise.
To start one's periods (menstruation).
To begin an activity.
To ready the operation of a vehicle or machine.
The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
A handle, especially that of a plough.
A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.
The beginning of an activity.
An instance of starting.
A sudden involuntary movement.