to break (intr.)
→
to fall in love
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | crush | |
| Meaning 1 | to squeeze or force by pressure so as to alter or destroy structure; to reduce to particles by pounding or grinding (Merriam-Webster) | to crush rocks |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to experience an intense and usually passing infatuation (Merriam-Webster) | 1)She's been crushing on him all summer.2) Turns out Fat Monica was motivated to lose all the weight after she overhead Chandler (whom she was crushing on) tell Ross: "I don't want to be stuck here all night with your fat sister." https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crush
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| Reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | kır- | |
| Lexeme 2 | kırık | |
| Meaning 1 | to break (intr.) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lover (of a married woman) | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 541 | |
| Comment | ||