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crushes

SayKRUSH-iz/ˈkɹʌʃɪz/

2 meanings of crushes

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third-person singular simple present of crush. Use this form after he, she, it, or one person or thing.

    She crushes the garlic with the flat of a knife.

    The machine crushes old cars into small metal cubes.

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  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of crush. Use this when talking about more than one.

    She had several crushes during her first year of high school.

    Young crushes rarely last more than a few weeks.

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crushes is a form of crush

crush, verb: To press something so hard that it gets flat or broken. Also to get squashed. Full entry

Forms
crushcrushes he/she/itcrushing -ing formcrushed past tense, past participle
Spelling
crush → crushes: add -es
Sound
The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.

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