Crushed

Verb

1. crushed

   (past of crush)

Full definition of crushed

Adjective

1. Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
2. Broken, saddened, depressed.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 7, … St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
3. (not comparable, textiles) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
   Her top was of black crushed velvet.

Derived terms

• crushed sugar
• crushed velvet