crash
/ˈkɹæʃ/ verb B1- To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently. · When the car crashed into a house, the driver was heavily injured.· After driving into a tree last week, grandpa's crashed into a deer this morning.
- To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage. · I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.
- To hit or strike with force.
- To make a sudden loud noise. · Thunder crashed directly overhead.
- To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
- To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight. · Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?
- To give, as a favor.
- To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
He/she/it crashes · Past crashed · Past participle crashed · -ing form crashing
Verb forms
- Base form
- crash
- He/she/it
- crashes
- Past
- crashed
- Past participle
- crashed
- -ing form
- crashing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Go, my friend, reserve your strength for the moment when the crash shall come.”
Heads below!” (a loud crash)—“Now, who did that?—It was Bill, I fancy—Who’s to go down the chimney?—Nay, _I_ shan’t!
First, because I’m on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they’re making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you.” And certainly there _was_ a most extraordinary noise going on within—a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken to pieces.
The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by—the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the neighbouring pool—she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution—once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess’s knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it—once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard’s slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle.
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