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How to pronounce “crush”

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Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of crush with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Grape vs Graindo? You crush grapes, okay? You tread a
Definition summary: A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

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How to pronounce crush

Grape vs Grain

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Meaning

[Noun]
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
A violent crowding.
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
(slang) A group or gang.
A crowd control barrier.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
(informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
(dated) A party or festive function.
(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
(television, uncountable) 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.
(uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
[Verb]
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.
(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
(figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
(intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
(film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
(transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.

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How to pronounce “crush”

Pronunciation guide for crush

How to pronounce crush

Example Sentences

do? You crush grapes, okay? You tread a

and crush populations very, very rapidly.

And fortunately for me, we got crushed.

was that having an office Crush can be

with a friend, who is a lesbian, of our childhood crushes.

whole tomatoes, which I like to crush before just so you don't

AUDIENCE: I have a really big crush on Ron Swanson.

and you crushed it down to six kilometers --

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