crypt
- n a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
crush
- n leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
- n a dense crowd of people
- n temporary love of an adolescent
- n the act of crushing
- v come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- v to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
crush an aluminum can - v come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- v break into small pieces
The car crushed the toy - v humiliate or depress completely
She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation - v crush or bruise
- v make ineffective
- v become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
The plastic bottle crushed against the wall