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crash 1
(krăsh)v. crashed, crash·ing, crash·es
v.intr.
1.
a. To break violently or noisily; smash: The dishes crashed to pieces on the floor.
b. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact: The car crashed into a tree.
2. To make a sudden loud noise: The cymbals crash at the end of each measure.
3. To move noisily or so as to cause damage: went crashing through the woods.
4. To undergo a sudden severe downturn, as a market or economy.
5. Computers To stop functioning due to a crash.
6. Slang To undergo a period of unpleasant feeling or depression as an aftereffect of drug-taking.
7. Slang
a. To find temporary lodging or shelter, as for the night.
b. To fall asleep from exhaustion.
v.tr.
1. To cause to crash: crashed the truck into the signpost.
2. To dash to pieces; smash: crashed the ice with a sledgehammer.
3. Informal To join or enter (a party, for example) without invitation.
n.
1. A sudden loud noise, as of an object breaking: She looked up when she heard the crash outside.
2.
a. A smashing to pieces.
b. A collision, as between two automobiles. See Synonyms at collision.
3. A sudden severe downturn: a market crash; a population crash.
4. Computers
a. A sudden failure of a hard drive caused by damaging contact between the head and the storage surface, often resulting in the loss of data on the drive.
b. A sudden failure of a program or operating system, usually without serious consequences.
5. Slang Mental depression after drug-taking.
adj. Informal
Idiom: Of or characterized by an intensive effort to produce or accomplish: a crash course on income-tax preparation; a crash diet.
crash and burn Slang
To fail utterly.
[Middle English crasschen; probably akin to crasen, to shatter; see craze.]
crash′er n.
crash 2
(krăsh)n.
1. A coarse, light, unevenly woven fabric of cotton or linen, used for towels and curtains.
2. Starched reinforced fabric used to strengthen a book binding or the spine of a bound book.
[From Russian krashenina, colored linen, from krashenie, coloring, from krasit', to color; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]
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crash
(kræʃ)vb
1. to make or cause to make a loud noise as of solid objects smashing or clattering
2. to fall or cause to fall with force, breaking in pieces with a loud noise as of solid objects smashing
3. (intr) to break or smash in pieces with a loud noise
4. (intr) to collapse or fail suddenly: this business is sure to crash.
5. (Aeronautics) to cause (an aircraft) to hit land or water violently resulting in severe damage or (of an aircraft) to hit land or water in this way
6. (Automotive Engineering) to cause (a car, etc) to collide with another car or other object or (of two or more cars) to be involved in a collision
7. to move or cause to move violently or noisily: to crash through a barrier.
8. informal Brit short for gate-crash
9. (Computer Science) (intr) (of a computer system or program) to fail suddenly and completely because of a malfunction
10. (intr) slang another term for crash out
11. crash and burn informal to fail; be unsuccessful
n
12. an act or instance of breaking and falling to pieces
13. a sudden loud noise: the crash of thunder.
14. a collision, as between vehicles
15. (Aeronautics) a sudden descent of an aircraft as a result of which it hits land or water
16. (Economics) the sudden collapse of a business, stock exchange, etc, esp one causing further financial failure
17. (modifier)
a. requiring or using intensive effort and all possible resources in order to accomplish something quickly: a crash programme.
b. sudden or vigorous: a crash halt; a crash tackle.
18. crash-and-burn informal a complete failure
[C14: probably from crasen to smash, shatter + dasshen to strike violently, dash1; see craze]
ˈcrasher n
crash
(kræʃ)n
(Textiles) a coarse cotton or linen cloth used for towelling, curtains, etc
[C19: from Russian krashenina coloured linen]
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crash1
(kræʃ)v.i.
1. to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
2. to break or fall to pieces with noise.
3. (of moving objects) to collide, esp. violently and noisily.
4. to strike with a crash.
5. to land an aircraft in such a way that damage is unavoidable.
6. to collapse or fail suddenly, as a financial enterprise.
7. Slang.
a. to sleep.
b. to stay or live temporarily without payment: I crashed with my brother for a week.
c. to fall asleep.
8. Slang. to experience unpleasant sensations, as sudden exhaustion or depression, when a drug, esp. an amphetamine, wears off.
9. Med. Slang. to suffer cardiac arrest.
10. (of a plant or animal population) to decline rapidly.
11. (of a computer) to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software.
v.t. 12. to break into pieces violently and noisily; shatter.
13. to cause (a moving vehicle) to collide with or strike another object violently (usu. fol. by into): He crashed his car into a tree.
14. to force or drive with violence and noise (usu. fol. by in, through, out, etc.): to crash a truck through a gate.
15. to cause (an aircraft) to sustain severe damage in landing.
16. to enter or force one's way into without invitation, payment, or pass.
n. 17. an act or instance of crashing.
18. a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed.
19.
a. a collision, as of automobiles or trains.
b. the emergency landing of an aircraft, space vehicle, etc., usu. causing severe damage.
20. a sudden general collapse of a business, the stock market, etc.
21. a sudden, rapid decline in the size of a plant or animal population.
adj. 22. characterized by an intensive effort, esp. to deal with an emergency, meet a deadline, etc.: a crash plan for flood relief; a crash diet.
crash′er, n.
crash2
(kræʃ)n.
a plain-weave fabric of rough, irregular, or lumpy yarns.
[1805–15; probably < Russian krashenína painted or dyed coarse linen =kráshen(yĭ) painted (past participle of krásit' to paint) + -ina n. suffix]
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crash
- May have been created as an imitation of the sound of noisy breaking, or may be a blend of craze and dash.See also related terms for noisy.
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Crash
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crash
Past participle: crashed
Gerund: crashing
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crash
When an irrecoverable failure occurs in hardware or software.
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| Noun | 1. | noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| 2. | crash - a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury prang - a crash involving a car or plane | |
| 3. | crash - a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | |
| 4. | crash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" impingement, impaction - a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something | |
| 5. | crash - (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures 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) | |
| Verb | 1. | crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" |
| 2. | crash - move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | |
| 3. | crash - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" | |
| 4. | crash - move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" | |
| 5. | crash - break violently or noisily; smash; disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" | |
| 6. | crash - occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" | |
| 7. | crash - make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" | |
| 8. | ||
| 9. | crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" wrap - crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant" prang - crash collide - cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles" ditch - crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" | |
| 10. | crash - hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" | |
| 11. | crash - undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
| 12. | crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" | |
| 13. | crash - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" |
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crash
noun
1. collision, accident, smash, wreck, prang (informal), bump, pile-up (informal), smash-up His elder son was killed in a car crash a few years ago.
2. smash, clash, boom, smashing, bang, thunder, thump, racket, din, clatter, clattering, thud, clang Two people in the flat recalled hearing a loud crash about 1.30am.
3. collapse, failure, depression, ruin, bankruptcy, downfall He predicted correctly that there was going to be a stock market crash.
verb
1. fall, pitch, plunge, sprawl, topple, lurch, hurtle, come a cropper (informal), overbalance, fall headlong He lost his balance and crashed to the floor.
2. plunge, hurtle, precipitate yourself We heard the sound of an animal crashing through the undergrowth.
3. smash, break, break up, shatter, fragment, fracture, shiver, disintegrate, splinter, dash to pieces Her glass fell on the floor and crashed into a thousand pieces
4. collapse, fail, go under, be ruined, go bust (informal), fold up, go broke (informal), go to the wall, go belly up (informal), smash, fold When the market crashed they assumed the deal would be cancelled.
adjective
1. intensive, concentrated, immediate, urgent, round-the-clock, emergency I might take a crash course in typing.
crash into collide with, hit, bump into, bang into, run into, drive into, plough into, hurtle into His car crashed into the rear of a van.
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crash
verb5. To undergo sudden financial failure:
Informal: fold.
4. Violent forcible contact between two or more things:
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Translations
třeskvrazitzkolabovatzkrachovatzřítit se
bragsammenstødlyn-nedbrudovernatte
rysähdystörmätäkolarikuokkialauma
srušiti sesudarsudariti setresak
átcsörtetgyorstalpalókarambolpénzügyi krach
áreksturbrak, bramlbrotlendafara á hausinnfjárhagslegt hrun
衝突するガシャンという音クラッシュクラッシュする激突
...을 무너뜨리다굉음꽝하고 박살나다충돌
brautisintensyvuskrachasnutupdyti avarijos ištiktą lėktuvąpatirti bankrotą
avārijabankrotētbankrotsblīkšķisciest avāriju
skrachovať
sesuti setrčenjetrčititruščzrušitev
brakbrakakraschasmäll
ไม่ทำงานการเกิดเสียงดังการชนชนอย่างแรง
đâm mạnhđột ngột ngưng hoạt độngtiếng loảng xoảngva chạm mạnh
crash
[kræʃ]A. N
2. (= accident) (Aut) → choque m (Aer) → accidente m
to have a crash (Aut) → tener un accidente de coche, chocar con el coche
to be in a car/plane crash → tener un accidente de coche/aviación
to have a crash (Aut) → tener un accidente de coche, chocar con el coche
to be in a car/plane crash → tener un accidente de coche/aviación
3. (Fin) [of stock exchange] → crac m; [of business] (= failure) → quiebra f
the 1929 crash → la crisis económica de 1929
the 1929 crash → la crisis económica de 1929
B. VT
C. VI
1. (= fall noisily) → caer con estrépito; (= move noisily) → moverse de manera ruidosa
to come crashing down → caer con gran estrépito
to come crashing down → caer con gran estrépito
2. (= have accident) → tener un accidente (Aer) → estrellarse, caer a tierra; (= collide) [two vehicles] → chocar
to crash into/through → chocar or estrellarse contra
to crash into/through → chocar or estrellarse contra
3. (Fin) [business] → quebrar; [stock exchange] → sufrir una crisis
when the stock market crashed → cuando la bolsa se derrumbó
when the stock market crashed → cuando la bolsa se derrumbó
4. (Comput) → bloquearse, colgarse (Sp)
E. EXCL → ¡zas!, ¡pum!
F. CPD [diet etc] → intensivo, acelerado
crash barrier N (Brit) (Aut) → quitamiedos m inv; (at stadium etc) → valla f protectora
crash course N → curso m intensivo or acelerado
crash dive N [of submarine] → inmersión f de emergencia
crash helmet N → casco m protector
crash landing N → aterrizaje m forzoso or de emergencia
crash pad N → guarida f, lugar m donde dormir
crash programme (Brit) crash program (US) N → programa m de urgencia
crash barrier N (Brit) (Aut) → quitamiedos m inv; (at stadium etc) → valla f protectora
crash course N → curso m intensivo or acelerado
crash dive N [of submarine] → inmersión f de emergencia
crash helmet N → casco m protector
crash landing N → aterrizaje m forzoso or de emergencia
crash pad N → guarida f, lugar m donde dormir
crash programme (Brit) crash program (US) N → programa m de urgencia
crash out
A. VT + ADV to be crashed out → estar hecho polvo
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crash
[ˈkræʃ] n
(= noise) → fracas m
(= accident) (involving car, plane) → accident m car crash, plane crash, train crash
[business] → faillite f
[stock market] → krach m
vt
to crash one's car → avoir un accident de voiture
He's crashed his car → Il a eu un accident de voiture.
He crashed the car into a wall → Il s'est écrasé contre un mur avec sa voiture.
He deliberately crashed the plane → Il s'est écrasé délibérément.
to crash one's car → avoir un accident de voiture
He's crashed his car → Il a eu un accident de voiture.
He crashed the car into a wall → Il s'est écrasé contre un mur avec sa voiture.
He deliberately crashed the plane → Il s'est écrasé délibérément.
vi
(= collapse) [business] → faire faillite
crash into
vt (= strike) [car] → rentrer dans; [plane] → s'écraser contrecrash barrier n (British) (on road) → glissière f de sécurité, rail m de sécuritécrash course n (= short course) → cours m intensifcrash diet n → régime m draconiencrash helmet n → casque mcrash-land [ˈkræʃˈlænd] vi [pilot, plane] → atterrir en catastrophe
vt [+ plane] → poser en catastrophecrash landing crash-landing [ˈkræʃˈlændɪŋ] n → atterrissage m forcé, atterrissage m en catastrophe
to make a crash-landing [plane, pilot] → atterrir en catastrophecrash site n [plane] → lieu m de la catastrophe; [car] → lieu m de l'accident
to make a crash-landing [plane, pilot] → atterrir en catastrophecrash site n [plane] → lieu m de la catastrophe; [car] → lieu m de l'accident
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crash
n
(= noise) → Krach (→ en nt no pl) m no pl; (of thunder, cymbals also, of drums) → Schlag m; there was a crash upstairs → es hat oben gekracht; the vase fell to the ground with a crash → die Vase fiel krachend zu Boden; a crash of thunder → ein Donnerschlag m; the crash of the waves against … → das Krachen der Wellen gegen …
(= accident) → Unfall m, → Unglück nt; (= collision also) → Zusammenstoß m; (with several cars) → Karambolage f; (= plane crash) → (Flugzeug)unglück nt; to be in a (car) crash → in einen (Auto)unfall verwickelt sein; to have a crash → (mit dem Auto) verunglücken, einen (Auto)unfall haben; (= cause it) → einen Unfall verursachen or bauen (inf); the impact of the crash → die Wucht des Aufpralls; (into another car) → die Wucht des Zusammenstoßes
(Fin) → Zusammenbruch m; (St Ex) → Börsenkrach m
adv → krach; he went crash into a tree → er krachte gegen einen Baum; crash, bang, wallop! (inf) → bums! (inf), → krach! (inf)
vt
car, bicycle → einen Unfall haben mit; plane → abstürzen mit; if you let him use your car he’s bound to crash it → wenn du ihm dein Auto gibst, fährt er es dir bestimmt kaputt (inf); to crash one’s car into something → mit dem Auto gegen etw krachen or knallen (inf); the car was found crashed → das Auto wurde demoliert aufgefunden
(with particle: = bang) stop crashing the plates around → hör auf, mit den Tellern zu scheppern (inf); he crashed the cymbals together → er schlug scheppernd die Becken zusammen; he crashed his head against the windscreen → er krachte mit dem Kopf gegen die Windschutzscheibe; he crashed the car through the barrier → er fuhr mit dem Auto voll durch die Absperrung (inf)
(inf: = gatecrash) to crash a party → uneingeladen zu einer Party gehen, in eine Party hineinplatzen
vi
(= have an accident) → verunglücken, einen Unfall haben; (plane, computer) → abstürzen; to crash into something → gegen etw (acc) → krachen or knallen (inf)
(with particle: = move with a crash) → krachen; to crash to the ground/through something → zu Boden/durch etw krachen; they went crashing through the undergrowth → sie brachen krachend durchs Unterholz; his fist crashed into Tom’s face → seine Faust landete krachend in Toms Gesicht; the whole roof came crashing down (on him) → das ganze Dach krachte auf ihn herunter; his whole world crashed about him or his ears → seine ganze Welt brach zusammen
(Fin) → Pleite machen (inf); (Comput) → abstürzen; when Wall Street crashed → als Wall Street zusammenbrach, beim Börsenkrach der Wall Street
(inf: also crash out) (= sleep) → knacken (sl); (= fall asleep) → einknacken (sl); (= become unconscious) → zusammenklappen (inf)
crash
:crash barrier
n → Leitplanke f
crash course
n → Schnell- or Intensivkurs m
crash diet
n → Radikalkur f
crash dive
n → Schnelltauchmanöver nt
crash-dive
vi → schnelltauchen
crash helmet
n → Sturzhelm m
crash
:crash-land
vi → eine Bruchlandung machen, bruchlanden
vt → eine Bruchlandung machen mit, bruchlanden mit
crash-landing
n → Bruchlandung f
crash programme
n → Intensivprogramm nt
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crash
[kræʃ]1. n
c. (of business) → fallimento (Stock Exchange) → crollo
2. vt (smash, car) → avere un incidente con, fracassare, sfasciare
he crashed the car into a wall → andò a sbattere contro un muro con la macchina
the pilot crashed the plane → il pilota ha fatto precipitare l'aereo
he crashed the car into a wall → andò a sbattere contro un muro con la macchina
the pilot crashed the plane → il pilota ha fatto precipitare l'aereo
3. vi
a. (car) → avere un incidente; (plane) → cadere, precipitare; (collide, two vehicles) → scontrarsi
to crash into sth → scontrarsi con qc, andare a sbattere contro qc, schiantarsi contro qc
the plates came crashing down → i piatti sono andati in frantumi
to crash into sth → scontrarsi con qc, andare a sbattere contro qc, schiantarsi contro qc
the plates came crashing down → i piatti sono andati in frantumi
b. (business) → fallire, andare in rovina; (stock market) → crollare
4. adj (diet, course) → intensivo/a, rapido/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crash
(krӕʃ) noun1. a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard. I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.
2. a collision. There was a crash involving three cars.
3. a failure of a business etc. the Wall Street crash.
4. a sudden failure of a computer. A computer crash is very costly.
verb1. to (cause to) fall with a loud noise. The glass crashed to the floor.
2. to drive or be driven violently (against, into). He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.
3. (of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed. His plane crashed in the mountains.
4. (of a business) to fail.
5. to force one's way noisily (through, into). He crashed through the undergrowth.
6. (of a computer) to stop working suddenly. If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.
adjective rapid and concentrated. a crash course in computer technology.
ˈcrash-helmet noun a covering for the head, worn for protection by racing-motorists, motor cyclists etc.
ˌcrash-ˈland verb to land (an aircraft), usually in an emergency, with the undercarriage up.
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crash
→ اِرْتِطام, تَـحَطُّم, يَتَحَطَّمُ, يَتَحَطَّمُ havárie, havarovat, třesk, zkolabovat brag, forulykke, gå ned, sammenstød einen Unfall haben mit, Krach, verunglücken, Zusammenstoß κρότος, συγκρούομαι, σύγκρουση αυτοκινήτων, τσακίζω bloquearse, chocar, choque, estrellar, estrépito, estruendo, fallar kolari, rysähdys, törmätä accident, avoir un accident, craquement, s’écraser srušiti se, sudar, sudariti se, tresak fracasso, impallarsi, scontrarsi, scontro ガシャンという音, 衝突, 衝突させる, 衝突する ...을 무너뜨리다, 굉음, 꽝하고 박살나다, 충돌 botsen, botsing, crashen, lawaai kollidere, krasj, smell huk, katastrofa, rozbić, rozbić się acidente de carro, acidente de viação, bater contra, crashar, espatifar-se, estrépito, estrondo, falhar аварийный отказ, авария, грохот, разбить brak, braka, krascha, smäll ไม่ทำงาน, การเกิดเสียงดัง, การชน, ชนอย่างแรง araba kazası, çarpılmak, çarpma, çarpmak đâm mạnh, đột ngột ngưng hoạt động, tiếng loảng xoảng, va chạm mạnh 使撞毁, 坠毁, 巨响Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
crash
n. choque violento; accidente de tráfico.
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