[
  {
    "word": "crush",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0279\u028c\u0283/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0279\u028c\u0283/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/crush-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75270170",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/k\u0279\u028c\u0283/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/crush-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=840684",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a crush at a reception"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A violent crowding.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A crowd control barrier.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A party or festive function.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to crush grapes"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding",
            "synonyms": [
              "comminute"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to crush quartz"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To overwhelm by pressure or weight.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To oppress or grievously burden.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To overcome completely; to subdue totally.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an eggshell crushes easily"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To feel infatuation or unrequited love.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She's crushing on him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "comminute"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crush"
    ]
  }
]