Press
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A device used to apply pressure to an item. A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers) An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard). A printing machine. An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight to compress, squeeze to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas. to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction to weigh upon, oppress, trouble to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel to hasten, urge onward to urge, beseech, entreat to lay stress upon, emphasize to throng, crowd to print
Example sentence: The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
Crush
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this infatuation.A violent crowdingA crowd control barrierA standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handlingA party, festive function
Part of speech: verb
Definition: 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.To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.To oppress or burden grievously.To overcome completely; to subdue totally.To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or forceTo feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
Example sentence: I discovered my wife in bed with another man, and I was crushed. So I said, 'Get off me, you two!'