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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crush \Crush\ (kr[u^]sh), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Crushed} (kr[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crushing}.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta.]
1. To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. --Lev. xxii. 24.
The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii. 25.
2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden.
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant.
4. To oppress or burden grievously.
Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. --Deut. xxviii. 33.
5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. --Sir. W. Scott.
6. to subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch. [PJC]
{To crush a cup}, to drink. [Obs.]
{To crush out}. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
crushed \crushed\ adjective
1. treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; -- of fabrics; as, crushed velvet. [WordNet 1.5]
2. utterly defeated.
Syn: subdued. [WordNet 1.5]
3. brought low in condition or status by confusion, humiliation, or severe disappointment.
Syn: broken, humbled, humiliated, low. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
4. broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone. paved with crushed bluestone
Syn: ground. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crushed
adjective
1: treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; "crushed velvet"
2: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: {broken}, {humbled}, {humiliated}, {low}]
3: broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone; "paved with crushed bluestone"; "ground glass is used as an abrasive" [syn: {ground}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "crushed": abashed, ashamed, baffled, balked, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, blushing, branny, broken, broken-down, brokenhearted, brought low, chagrined, chalklike, chalky, chapfallen, comminute, comminuted, conquered, crestfallen, crossed, cut up, dashed, deep-troubled, defeated, demoralized, desolate, desolated, detrital, detrited, disappointed, disconsolate, dished, disillusioned, disintegrated, dissatisfied, domesticated, dusty, efflorescent, embarrassed, farinaceous, felled, fine, flaky, flattened, floury, foiled, frustrated, furfuraceous, gone to dust, grated, ground, hangdog, heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken, heartsick, housebroke, housebroken, humbled, humiliated, ill done-by, ill-served, impalpable, inundated, let down, levigated, made to grovel, mastered, mealy, milled, miserable, mortified, neurasthenic, out of countenance, overcome, overwhelmed, pestled, powdered, powdery, prostrate, prostrated, pulverant, pulverized, pulverulent, put down, quashed, quelled, red-faced, reduced, reduced to jelly, reduced to powder, regretful, repressed, scaly, scobicular, scobiform, scurfy, shaken, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast, sharded, shot, shot to pieces, shredded, smashed, smothered, sorely disappointed, soured, squashed, squelched, stifled, stricken, subdued, subjugated, suffocated, suicidal, suppressed, tamed, thwarted, triturated, undone, unglued, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung, upset, vanquished, woebegone, woeful, wretched
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