crash
part of speech
noun (a crash, crashes); verb (crash, crashes, crashed, crashing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A crash is an accident when a vehicle hits something hard. tree →
2) A crash is a sudden loud noise of something falling or breaking. tree →
3) To crash is to hit something hard, or to fall with a loud noise. tree →
4) When a computer crashes, it suddenly stops working. tree →
5) To crash can mean to fall asleep very quickly because you are tired (informal). tree →
sense in the lessons
In road safety, seatbelts, car seats and bike helmets protect you in a crash. In science, a crash shows forces and energy: the faster something moves, the harder it hits. In stories, a crash is a sudden dramatic event. Phrases: car crash, crash into, crash helmet, crash landing, crash course (a fast short lesson), the waves crashed.
examples
- The car crashed into a tree. tree →
- We heard a crash from the kitchen. tree →
- The waves crashed against the rocks. tree →
- My computer crashed and I lost my work. tree →
- Wear a helmet in case you crash your bike. tree →
- The plane made a crash landing. tree →
- After the trip I crashed on the sofa. tree →
note
Plural crashes, with -es. "Crash into" is used for hitting something. Do not confuse "crash" (hit hard) with "crush" (squeeze flat). In physics problems, speed and mass both make a crash more powerful.
In the corpora
- Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.
- In Tom and Jerry, Tom crashes around the house after Jerry and never wins.
- Birds crash into windows because they see reflected trees and sky, and stickers on the glass break up the reflection.
- The frightened old horse rears and backs, and drags the cart into the deep ditch: crash!
- With half a turn of the wheel it crashes through a hedge into a muddy horse-pond.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «crash» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.