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CRASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of colliding with something

Example:

the fullback's smash into the defensive line

Synonyms:

crash; smash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("crash" is a kind of...):

hit; hitting; striking (the act of contacting one thing with another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crash"):

impaction; impingement (a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something)

Derivation:

crash (undergo damage or destruction on impact)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

Example:

they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane

Synonyms:

crash; wreck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("crash" is a kind of...):

accident (an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crash"):

prang (a crash involving a car or plane)

Derivation:

crash (undergo damage or destruction on impact)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A loud resonant repeating noise

Example:

he could hear the clang of distant bells

Synonyms:

clang; clangor; clangoring; clangour; clank; clash; crash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("crash" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

crash (move with, or as if with, a crashing noise)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

Synonyms:

collapse; crash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("crash" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)

Derivation:

crash (undergo a sudden and severe downturn)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

Example:

the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("crash" is a kind of...):

misadventure; mischance; mishap (an instance of misfortune)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crash"):

head crash ((computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk))

Derivation:

crash (stop operating)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sleep in a convenient place

Example:

You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable

Synonyms:

crash; doss; doss down

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

bed down; bunk down (go to bed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stop operating

Example:

The system goes down at least once a week

Synonyms:

crash; go down

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad (stop operating or functioning)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

crash ((computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Undergo a sudden and severe downturn

Example:

will the stock market crash again?

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

crash (a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Hurl or thrust violently

Example:

Waves were dashing against the rock

Synonyms:

crash; dash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

cast; hurl; hurtle (throw forcefully)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Undergo damage or destruction on impact

Example:

The car crashed into the lamp post

Synonyms:

crash; ram

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

clash; collide (crash together with violent impact)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

These cars won't crash

Derivation:

crash (the act of colliding with something)

crash (a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Break violently or noisily; smash

Synonyms:

break apart; break up; crash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)

Verb group:

crash (cause to crash)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sentence example:

The glass tubes crash

Sense 7

Meaning:

Cause to crash

Example:

Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

collide (cause to collide)

Cause:

break apart; break up; crash (break violently or noisily; smash)

Verb group:

break apart; break up; crash (break violently or noisily; smash)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crash"):

wrap (crash into so as to coil around)

prang (crash)

ditch (crash or crash-land)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Fall or come down violently

Example:

The plane crashed in the sea

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The branches crash from the trees

Sense 9

Meaning:

Enter uninvited; informal

Example:

let's crash the party!

Synonyms:

barge in; crash; gate-crash

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

crasher (someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Move violently as through a barrier

Example:

The terrorists crashed the gate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

pass (go across or through)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 11

Meaning:

Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise

Example:

The car crashed through the glass door

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

crash (a loud resonant repeating noise)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Make a sudden loud sound

Example:

the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 13

Meaning:

Occupy, usually uninvited

Example:

My son's friends crashed our house last weekend

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "crash" is one way to...):

lodge in; occupy; reside (live (in a certain place))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Then a crash followed, offering a warning sign to the modern world about the dangers of overpopulation.

(Scientists chart a baby boom in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D., NSF)

Then the door crashed to, the key turned once more, and all was silence.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For a good hour to come frequent reports shook the island, and balls kept crashing through the woods.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Another from the Norman whizzed into the waist, broke the back of a horse, and crashed its way through the side of the vessel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Had she done it an instant sooner we should have crashed against the wood-work, carried it away, and been hurled into the deep gully below.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I quitted my seat, and walked on, although the darkness and storm increased every minute, and the thunder burst with a terrific crash over my head.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Trying to prevent these crashes is one part of motor vehicle safety.

(Motor Vehicle Safety, NIH)

At the same time, deserts are becoming drier, setting some species up for a severe crash, if not extinction, according to a new study.

(Collapse of desert bird populations likely due to heat stress from climate change, National Science Foundation)

One clue is that the galaxy is fairly isolated in space and doesn't have any nearby galaxies to crash into and disrupt the shape of its disk.

(Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy, NASA)

A scientist who found fame recovering a meteorite that crashed into Russia in 2013 has found 13 kilograms of meteorite-like material in Iran’s Lut desert.

(Huge Haul of Extraterrestrial Material Recovered from Iranian Desert, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

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