- crash
- [[t]kræ̱ʃ[/t]]
♦♦crashes, crashing, crashed1) N-COUNT: oft n N A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
His elder son was killed in a car crash a few years ago.
...a plane crash.
Syn:2) V-ERG If a moving vehicle crashes or if the driver crashes it, it hits something and is damaged or destroyed.The plane crashed mysteriously near the island of Ustica.
[V into n] ...when his car crashed into the rear of a van...
[V n] Even his death, after crashing his motorcycle on a bridge in New Orleans, was spectacular...
[V-ed] Her body was found near a crashed car.
3) VERB If something crashes somewhere, it moves and hits something else violently, making a loud noise.[V prep/adv] The door swung inwards to crash against a chest of drawers behind it...
[V prep/adv] My words were lost as the walls above us crashed down, filling the cellar with brick dust...
[V prep/adv] I heard them coming, crashing through the undergrowth, before I saw them.
4) N-COUNT A crash is a sudden, loud noise.Two people in the flat recalled hearing a loud crash about 1.30 a.m.
5) VERB If a business or financial system crashes, it fails suddenly, often with serious effects.When the market crashed, they assumed the deal would be cancelled.
N-COUNTCrash is also a noun.He predicted correctly that there was going to be a stock market crash.
6) VERB If a computer or a computer program crashes, it fails suddenly....after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days.
Phrasal Verbs:
English dictionary. 2008.
