Crush - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Примеры использования:

The branch broke with a loud snap

noun

An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

Примеры использования:

The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun

Former term for breaking cart.

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Примеры использования:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Примеры использования:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

idiom

To destroy or defeat someone or something

Примеры использования:

The strikes had brought the economy to its knees.

noun

Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated.

Примеры использования:

To my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen

verb

Feel distressed or humiliated.

Примеры использования:

He was chagrined when his friend poured scorn on him

noun

Disappointment or anger, especially when caused by a failure or mistake

Примеры использования:

My children have never shown an interest in music, much to my chagrin.

verb

Flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

Примеры использования:

The skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

noun

A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.

Примеры использования:

A cold compress

verb

To press something into a smaller space

Примеры использования:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier., firmly compress the dirt in the pot …

noun

The state of being congested.

Примеры использования:

The new bridge should ease congestion in the area

noun

A situation in which a place is too blocked or crowded, causing difficulties

Примеры использования:

These facilities are designed to ease the congestion of emergency rooms., cases are being repeatedl…

noun

A situation in which there is too much traffic and movement is difficult

Примеры использования:

The (traffic) congestion in the city gets worse during the summer., major airports will need new ru…

adjective

Warm and friendly.

Примеры использования:

The atmosphere was cordial and relaxed

noun

A sweet fruit-flavoured drink.

Примеры использования:

Wine cups and fruit cordials

adjective

Friendly or pleasant

Примеры использования:

A cordial greeting/smile, cordial relations

noun

A large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way.

Примеры использования:

A huge crowd gathered in the street outside

verb

(of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement.

Примеры использования:

The dance floor was crowded with revellers

noun

A large group of people who have gathered together

Примеры использования:

A crowd formed outside the club., crowds of people watched the fireworks., i don’t know many people…

verb

Break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.

Примеры использования:

The plaster started to crumble

noun

A mixture of flour and fat that is rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs and cooked as a topping for fruit.

Примеры использования:

Sprinkle the crumble over the rhubarb

verb

To break into small pieces

Примеры использования:

[ i ] that old wall is starting to crumble.

verb

Crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound.

Примеры использования:

She paused to crunch a ginger biscuit

noun

A loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed.

Примеры использования:

Marco's fist struck brian's nose with a crunch

verb

To crush hard food loudly between the teeth, or to make a sound as if something is being crushed or broken

Примеры использования:

[ i ] she was crunching noisily on an apple., [ i ] the gravel crunched underfoot as we walked up t…

idiom

To show someone that they are not as clever or important as they think

Примеры использования:

Someone should cut that man down to size!

verb

Win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat.

Примеры использования:

Garibaldi defeated the neapolitan army

noun

An instance of defeating or being defeated.

Примеры использования:

A 1–0 defeat by grimsby

verb

To oppose and cause someone to lose in a competition or war so that you can win

Примеры использования:

Bill clinton defeated george bush for the presidency in 1992., [ u ] in the american civil war, the…

verb

Let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object).

Примеры использования:

He deflated one of the tyres

verb

To allow air or gas to escape from within a container

Примеры использования:

[ t ] when the roads are icy, you may have to deflate your tires a bit., [ t ] the allegations defl…

verb

When an economy deflates or is deflated, prices fall and there is a reduction in wages and government spending, and low levels of growth

Примеры использования:

The chancellor will have to keep rates high and deflate the economy to keep the lid on prices and f…

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope.

Примеры использования:

The general strike had demoralized the trade unions

verb

To weaken the confidence of someone

Примеры использования:

The team was tired and thoroughly demoralized.

verb

To make someone or something feel much less confident

Примеры использования:

Losing several games in a row had completely demoralized the team.

verb

Destroy or ruin.

Примеры использования:

The city was devastated by a huge earthquake

verb

To cause great damage or suffering to something or someone, or to violently destroy a place

Примеры использования:

Waves of corporate downsizing have devastated employee morale., i was so devastated i was crying co…

verb

To destroy a place or thing completely or cause great damage

verb

Take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow.

Примеры использования:

We sat by the fire, drinking our tea

noun

A liquid that can be swallowed as refreshment or nourishment.

Примеры использования:

Fizzy drinks

verb

Take in liquids

verb

Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.

Примеры использования:

Firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze

verb

To stop a fire or light from burning

Примеры использования:

It took the firefighters four hours to extinguish the flames.

verb

To take something away, for example a right to do something

Примеры использования:

A deed restriction extinguishes the right to use or develop a property for certain things., with in…

verb

Make or become flat or flatter.

Примеры использования:

Her hair had been flattened by the storm

verb

Make flat or flatter

verb

To become level or cause something to become level

Примеры использования:

Several trees were flattened (= knocked down) by the storm., flatten out the path flattens out (= d…

verb

Reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it.

Примеры использования:

Grind some black pepper over the salad

noun

A crushing or grating sound or motion.

Примеры использования:

The crunch and grind of bulldozers

noun

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

noun

A large group of people.

Примеры использования:

A horde of beery rugby fans

noun

A large group, esp. of people

Примеры использования:

A horde of reporters waited on the lawn outside the white house.

noun

A large group of people

Примеры использования:

Hordes of hordes of students on bikes made crossing the road difficult.

verb

Crowd together; nestle closely.

Примеры использования:

They huddled together for warmth

noun

A close grouping of people or things.

Примеры использования:

A huddle of huts

verb

To come close together in a group, or to hold your arms and legs close to your body, esp. because of cold or fear

Примеры использования:

Everyone huddled around the fire to keep warm., the football players formed a huddle.

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

Примеры использования:

You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

verb

To make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself

Примеры использования:

How could you humiliate me by questioning my judgment in front of everyone like that?, england were…

noun

An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.

Примеры использования:

He had developed an infatuation with the girl

noun

Strong but not usually lasting feelings of love or attraction

Примеры использования:

It's just an infatuation. she'll get over it., no one expected their infatuation with each other to…

verb

Squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space.

Примеры использования:

Four of us were jammed in one compartment

noun

An instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck.

Примеры использования:

Paper jams

verb

A sweet spread or conserve made from fruit and sugar boiled to a thick consistency.

Примеры использования:

Strawberry jam

noun

An intense feeling of deep affection.

Примеры использования:

Babies fill parents with feelings of love

verb

Feel deep affection for (someone).

Примеры использования:

He loved his sister dearly

verb

(especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid.

Примеры использования:

Macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar

verb

To leave food in a liquid so that it absorbs the liquid and becomes soft, or to become soft in this way

Примеры использования:

Mix together all the ingredients and leave them to macerate in the fridge overnight.

verb

Destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing.

Примеры использования:

The car was mangled almost beyond recognition

noun

A machine having two or more rollers turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed to remove excess moisture.

Примеры использования:

‘if i wasn't at school, i had to turn the handle on the mangle while mum put the sheets through,’ p…

verb

Press or squeeze with a mangle.

Примеры использования:

The hard household labour often involved pounding clothes in a dolly tub and mangling them with a h…

verb

Reduce (food or other substance) to a soft mass by crushing it.

Примеры использования:

Mash the beans to a paste

noun

A soft mass made by crushing a substance into a pulp, sometimes with the addition of liquid.

Примеры использования:

Pound the garlic to a mash

noun

Compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Примеры использования:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Примеры использования:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Примеры использования:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

A building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour.

Примеры использования:

At mills or bakeries, barley flour can be added to flours from other grains for baking.

verb

Grind (something) in a mill.

Примеры использования:

Hard wheats are easily milled into white flour

noun

A monetary unit used only in calculations, worth one thousandth of a dollar.

Примеры использования:

A thick paper (and later a lightweight metal) coin with a round hole in the center, the mill was wo…

noun

A large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence.

Примеры использования:

A mob of protesters

verb

Crowd round (someone) or into (a place) in an unruly way.

Примеры использования:

He was mobbed by autograph hunters

noun

A large group of people gathered together who are often uncontrollable or violent

Примеры использования:

He arrived at the airport to find a mob of adoring fans waiting for him., she was mobbed by her fan…

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Примеры использования:

She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror

verb

To cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed

Примеры использования:

He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother.

noun

A large number of people or things.

Примеры использования:

A multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight

noun

A large number of things

Примеры использования:

[ u ] two large circles are surrounded by a multitude of small, colorful squares., [ pl ] as manage…

noun

The state of being obsessed with someone or something.

Примеры использования:

She cared for him with a devotion bordering on obsession

verb

Succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty).

Примеры использования:

He overcame his pain for a time

verb

Defeat or overcome with superior strength.

Примеры использования:

He overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station

verb

To defeat someone by having greater strength or power

Примеры использования:

The team’s forward is strong enough to overpower smaller defenders and quick enough to drive past b…

noun

A small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it.

Примеры использования:

A pack of cigarettes

verb

Fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel.

Примеры использования:

I packed a bag and left

verb

Fill (a jury, committee, etc.) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision.

Примеры использования:

His efforts to pack the supreme court with men who shared his ideology

noun

A brief infatuation.

Примеры использования:

Kath's got a pash on him

verb

Kiss and caress amorously.

Примеры использования:

We don't even have to tell one or more of the girls we're pashing.

noun

Strong and barely controllable emotion.

Примеры использования:

A man of impetuous passion

noun

A heavy tool with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding substances such as spices or drugs, typically in a mortar.

Примеры использования:

And i used cardamom seeds that i crushed in my pestle and mortar, rather than ready-ground.

verb

Crush or grind with a pestle.

Примеры использования:

She measured seeds into the mortar and pestled them to powder

noun

A hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar

noun

A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg).

Примеры использования:

A short ton is the standard u.s. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.

verb

Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.

Примеры использования:

Patrick pounded the couch with his fists

verb

Shut (an animal) in a pound.

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Примеры использования:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Примеры использования:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Примеры использования:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

noun

A soft, wet, shapeless mass of material.

Примеры использования:

Boiling with soda will reduce your peas to pulp

verb

Crush into a soft, wet, shapeless mass.

Примеры использования:

Bales of waste paper were chopped, shredded, and pulped

noun

A soft, wet mass, often produced by crushing something

Примеры использования:

Mash the bananas to a pulp and then mix in the yogurt., wood pulp

verb

Reduce to fine particles.

Примеры использования:

The brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment

verb

To press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass

Примеры использования:

Seashells were pulverized by the ocean’s waves., infml our team aims to pulverize the competition (…

verb

To finish doing something or end, or to cause someone or something to finish

Примеры использования:

[ i ] when do you think the snow will stop?, [ t ] when will it stop snowing?, [ t ] please stop pu…

verb

To prevent something from happening or continuing, or to not continue to happen

Примеры использования:

Are these new environmental laws enough to stop climate change?, the government demanded that the p…

idiom

To cause something to stop existing or happening

Примеры использования:

Mrs. carroll said she was going to put an end to all the talking and fooling around in our class.

collocation

Put in a horizontal position

phrasal verb

Stop holding something and place it on a surface or the ground.

Примеры использования:

Harry put down his cup

phrasal verb

Record something in writing.

Примеры использования:

He's putting a few thoughts down on paper

idiom

To let someone know that the person is less important than he or she thinks

Примеры использования:

When he tried to take charge, she immediately put him in his place., put yourself in my place – i w…

verb

Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.

Примеры использования:

His conviction was quashed on appeal

verb

To stop or block something from happening

Примеры использования:

The secretary of defense tried to quash speculation that he was planning to resign following the di…

verb

To state officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted

Примеры использования:

Quash a conviction/decision/order his conviction was quashed in march after a lengthy legal battle.…

verb

Put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force.

Примеры использования:

Extra police were called to quell the disturbance

verb

To completely stop or end something

Примеры использования:

The police were called in to quell the riot., he’s been unable to quell his wife’s suspicions.

verb

Subdue (someone or something) by force.

Примеры использования:

The uprisings were repressed

noun

A disorderly retreat of defeated troops.

Примеры использования:

The retreat degenerated into a rout

verb

Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder.

Примеры использования:

In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed

verb

Cut a groove, or any pattern not extending to the edges, in (a wooden or metal surface).

Примеры использования:

You routed each plank all along its length

noun

The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses.

Примеры использования:

A ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea

abbreviation

Short for single european act.

noun

A large area of salt water that is partly or completely surrounded by land, or the salt water that covers most of the surface of the earth

Примеры использования:

[ c ] the caribbean/mediterranean sea, [ c ] the seas are filled with creatures we know nothing abo…

verb

Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

Примеры использования:

Bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded

idiom

To refuse to accept someone's suggestion or idea and not consider it at all

verb

Violently break (something) into pieces.

Примеры использования:

The thief smashed a window to get into the car

noun

An act or sound of something smashing.

Примеры использования:

He heard the smash of glass

adverb

With a sudden, violent shattering.

Примеры использования:

They were together for an instant, and then smash it was all gone

verb

Crush or smash.

Примеры использования:

They smushed marshmallows in their mouths

noun

A piece of thin wood in the centre of a chair back.

Примеры использования:

The set is represented by four side chairs and the splat of a fifth.

adverb

With a splat.

Примеры использования:

He lands splat on his right elbow

verb

Crush or squash with a splat.

Примеры использования:

He was splatting a bug

noun

A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece.

Примеры использования:

A splinter of ice

verb

Break or cause to break into small sharp fragments.

Примеры использования:

The soap box splintered

noun

A small, sharp, piece of wood, glass, or similar material that has broken off a larger piece

Примеры использования:

She tried to ignore the splinter in her foot., the old tree cracked and splintered as it fell.

verb

Crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape.

Примеры использования:

Wash and squash the cans before depositing them

noun

A state of being squeezed or forced into a small or restricted space.

Примеры использования:

It was a bit of a squash but he didn't seem to mind

noun

An edible gourd, the flesh of which may be cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Примеры использования:

There's much more beta carotene in traditional crops, from leafy green vegetables to squashes, melo…

verb

Firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

Примеры использования:

Kate squeezed his hand affectionately

noun

An act of squeezing something.

Примеры использования:

A gentle squeeze of the trigger

Press firmly

verb

Squash or crush.

Примеры использования:

Now all i have to remember to do is to stop squidging the six-legged offenders in case they're carr…

verb

Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person).

Примеры использования:

She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud

verb

Put down by force or intimidation

verb

To reduce the force of (someone or something)

Примеры использования:

She’d be hard to subdue if she got mad.

verb

Forcibly put an end to.

Примеры использования:

The rising was savagely suppressed

verb

To end something by force

Примеры использования:

He either has to begin reforms, or he has to suppress the opposition., he was accused of suppressin…

verb

To prevent something from being seen or expressed

Примеры использования:

Any decisions to suppress information would have been made by senior managers, not by shareholders.…

noun

A large or dense group of flying insects.

Примеры использования:

A swarm of locusts

verb

(of flying insects) move in or form a swarm.

Примеры использования:

A plague of locusts swarmed across the countryside

noun

A large group of insects, esp. bees, or any large, busy group

Примеры использования:

Swarms of reporters descended on the little town., in summer, mosquitoes swarm around that pond., t…

idiom

To show someone that they are not as important as they thought

noun

A large, densely packed crowd of people or animals.

Примеры использования:

He pushed his way through the throng

verb

(of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area).

Примеры использования:

A crowd thronged the station

noun

A large group of people

Примеры использования:

A huge throng had gathered around the speaker., [ t ] the narrow streets were thronged with tourist…

verb

Defeat thoroughly.

Примеры использования:

He successfully vanquished his rival

verb

Defeat in a competition, race, or conflict

verb

To defeat completely

Примеры использования:

Smallpox, a once deadly disease, has now been vanquished.