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1. (v.t.) squash
to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush.
2. squash
to suppress; quash.
3. squash
to press forcibly into a small space; cram.
4. (v.i.) squash
to become pressed into a flat mass or pulp.
5. squash
to make a splashing sound; splash.
6. squash
to squeeze or crowd; crush.
7. (n.) squash
an act or instance of squashing or being squashed.
8. squash
the sound of squashing.
9. squash
a squashed mass.
10. squash
Also called squash racquets. a game for two or four persons, similar to racquets but played on a smaller court and with a racket having a round head and a long handle.
11. squash
Also called squash tennis. a game for two persons, resembling squash racquets except that the ball is larger and the racket is shaped like a tennis racket.
12. squash
Brit. a beverage made from fruit juice and soda water:
lemon squash.
13. (n.) squash
the fruit of any of various vinelike, tendril-bearing plants belonging to the genus Curcurbita, of the gourd family, as C. moschata or C. pepo: used as a vegetable.
14. squash
any of these plants.
Etymology: (1635–45, Amer.; < Narragansett (E sp.) askútasquash (pl.))
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| Definition of 'squash' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) squash, squash vine
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
2. (noun) squash
edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
3. (verb) squash, squash racquets, squash rackets
a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
4. (verb) squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
"crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
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1. (verb) squash
to flatten by pushing down hard
I stepped on the banana and squashed it.
2. squash
to end sth
to squash a rumor
3. (noun) squash
a long green, yellow, or orange vegetable
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) squash
an American animal allied to the weasel
2. (noun) squash
a plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind
3. (noun) squash
something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease
4. (noun) squash
hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt
5. (noun) squash
a sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies
6. (verb) squash
to beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush
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Sense: to press, squeeze or crush
He tried to squash too many clothes into his case; The tomatoes got squashed (flat) at the bottom of the shopping-bag.
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 Afrikaans: platdruk |
 Arabic: يَسْحَق، يَعْصُر |
 Bulgarian: натъпквам (се) |
 Brazilian: esmagar |
 Czech: nacpat; rozmačkat |
 German: (zer-)quetschen |
 Danish: presse; mase |
 Greek: συνθλίβω, ζουλώ |
 Estonian: pressima, lömastama |
 Farsi: فشردن |
 Finnish: pusertaa |
 French: entasser;écraser |
 Hebrew: לִמעוֹך |
 Hindi: दबाना, कुचलना |
 Croatian: zgnječiti, zdrobiti |
 Hungarian: összeprésel |
 Indonesian: memipit |
 Icelandic: troða; kremja |
 Italian: schiacciare, pigiare |
 Japanese: 押しつぶす |
 Korean: 짓누르다 |
 Lithuanian: sugrūsti |
 Latvian: saspiest; iespiest; izspi |
 Malay: dihimpit |
 Dutch: persen |
 Norwegian: presse, klemme flat, tryk |
 Polish: zgniatać, ściskać |
 Portuguese: esmagar |
 Romanian: a strivi; a zdrobi |
 Russian: запихивать; раздавливать |
 Slovak: napchať; rozpučiť |
 Slovenian: stisniti |
 Serbian: sabiti |
 Swedish: klämma in (ner), krossa t |
 Thai: บด; บีบ |
 Turkish: ezmek |
 Taiwanese: 塞進，擠進 |
 Ukrainian: роздавлювати; розчавлюват |
 Urdu: دبا کر چپٹا کر دینا |
 Vietnamese: ép ,nén |
 Chinese: 塞进，挤进 |
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