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Original entry ↗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 overwhelm by pressure or weight. · To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *crusciō (“to crush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną (“to crush, grind, strike, smash”). Cognate with Middle Low German tôkrosten (“to crush, shatter”), Swedish krysta (“to squeeze”), Danish kryste (“to squash”), Icelandic kreista (“to squeeze, squash”), Faroese kroysta (“to squeeze”), Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to gnash”). Akin also to Middle Dutch crosen (“to bruise, crush”), Middle Low German krossen, krö̂sen, tôkrö̂sen (“to break, shatter”), Old Swedish krusa (“to crush”).
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- Derivation mentioncruschenenm · to crush, smash, squeeze, squash
- Derivation mentioncroissirfro · to crush
- Derivation mention*kreustanągem-pro · to crush, grind, strike, smash
- Cognate mentiontôkrostengml · to crush, shatter
- Cognate mentionkrystasv · to squeeze
- Cognate mentionkrysteda · to squash
- Cognate mentionkreistais · to squeeze, squash
- Cognate mentionkroystafo · to squeeze
- Cognate mention𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽got · to gnash
- Cognate mentioncrosendum · to bruise, crush
- Cognate mentionkrossengml
- Cognate mentionkrusagmq-osw · to crush
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