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S0683100 (skwŏsh, skwôsh)n.1. Any of various bushy or vining plants of the genus Cucurbita, having unisexual flowers and fleshy edible fruit with a thick rind when mature.2. The fruit of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable.

[From alteration of Narragansett askútasquash.]

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S0683100 (skwŏsh, skwôsh)v. squashed, squash·ing, squash·es v.tr.1. To beat, squeeze, or press into a pulp or a flattened mass; crush. See Synonyms at crush.2. To put down or suppress; quash: squash a revolt.3. To silence or fluster, as with crushing words: squash a heckler.v.intr.1. To become crushed, flattened, or pulpy, as by pressure or impact.2. To move with a splashing or sucking sound, as when walking through boggy ground.n.1. a. The act or sound of squashing.b. Something that has been squashed.2. A crushed or crowded mass: a squash of people.3. Sports A game played on a four-walled court by two or four players who use long-handled rackets to hit a small rubber ball against the front wall, with play stopping if the ball bounces twice on the floor or does not reach the front wall after a stroke. Also called squash rackets.4. Chiefly British A citrus-based soft drink.adv. With a squashing sound.

[Middle English squachen, from Old French esquasser, from Vulgar Latin *exquassāre : Latin ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin quassāre, to shatter, frequentative of quatere, to shake; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.]

squash′er n.

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(skwɒʃ) vb1. to press or squeeze or be pressed or squeezed in or down so as to crush, distort, or pulp2. (tr) to suppress or overcome3. (tr) to humiliate or crush (a person), esp with a disconcerting retort4. (intr) to make a sucking, splashing, or squelching sound5. (often foll by: in or into) to enter or insert in a confined spacen6. (Cookery) Brit a still drink made from fruit juice or fruit syrup diluted with water7. a crush, esp of people in a confined space8. something that is squashed9. the act or sound of squashing or the state of being squashed10. (Squash & Fives) Also called: squash rackets or squash racquets a game for two or four players played in an enclosed court with a small rubber ball and light long-handled rackets. The ball may be hit against any of the walls but must hit the facing wall at a point above a horizontal line. See also rackets11. (Squash & Fives) Also called: squash tennis a similar game played with larger rackets and a larger pneumatic ball[C16: from Old French esquasser, from Vulgar Latin exquassāre (unattested), from Latin ex-¹ + quassāre to shatter] ˈsquasher n

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(skwɒʃ) n, pl squashes or squash1. (Plants) any of various marrow-like cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp C. pepo and C. moschata, the fruits of which have a hard rind surrounding edible flesh2. (Cookery) the fruit of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable[C17: from Narraganset askutasquash, literally: green vegetable eaten green]

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(skwɒʃ, skwɔʃ)

v.t. 1. to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush. 2. to suppress; quash. 3. to press forcibly into a small space; cram. v.i. 4. to become pressed into a flat mass or pulp. 5. to make a splashing sound; splash. 6. to squeeze or crowd; crush. n. 7. an act or instance of squashing or being squashed. 8. the sound of squashing. 9. a squashed mass. 10. Also called squash′ rac`quets. 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. See illus. at racket ². 11. Also called squash′ ten`nis. a game for two persons, resembling squash racquets except that the ball is larger and the racket is shaped like a tennis racket. 12. Brit. a beverage made from fruit juice and soda water: lemon squash. [1555–65; < Middle French esquasser < Vulgar Latin *exquassāre. See ex-¹, quash] squash′er, n.

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(skwɒʃ, skwɔʃ)

n., pl. squash•es, (esp. collectively) squash. 1. 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. 2. any of these plants. [1635–45, Amer.; < Narragansett (E sp.) askútasquash (pl.)]

squash

- As a verb, it is an alteration of quash, and means, generally, to "crush, squeeze, or suppress."See also related terms for squeeze.

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Past participle: squashed
Gerund: squashing

Imperative
squash
squash

Present
I squash
you squash
he/she/it squashes
we squash
you squash
they squash

Preterite
I squashed
you squashed
he/she/it squashed
we squashed
you squashed
they squashed

Present Continuous
I am squashing
you are squashing
he/she/it is squashing
we are squashing
you are squashing
they are squashing

Present Perfect
I have squashed
you have squashed
he/she/it has squashed
we have squashed
you have squashed
they have squashed

Past Continuous
I was squashing
you were squashing
he/she/it was squashing
we were squashing
you were squashing
they were squashing

Past Perfect
I had squashed
you had squashed
he/she/it had squashed
we had squashed
you had squashed
they had squashed

Future
I will squash
you will squash
he/she/it will squash
we will squash
you will squash
they will squash

Future Perfect
I will have squashed
you will have squashed
he/she/it will have squashed
we will have squashed
you will have squashed
they will have squashed

Future Continuous
I will be squashing
you will be squashing
he/she/it will be squashing
we will be squashing
you will be squashing
they will be squashing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been squashing
you have been squashing
he/she/it has been squashing
we have been squashing
you have been squashing
they have been squashing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been squashing
you will have been squashing
he/she/it will have been squashing
we will have been squashing
you will have been squashing
they will have been squashing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been squashing
you had been squashing
he/she/it had been squashing
we had been squashing
you had been squashing
they had been squashing

Conditional
I would squash
you would squash
he/she/it would squash
we would squash
you would squash
they would squash

Past Conditional
I would have squashed
you would have squashed
he/she/it would have squashed
we would have squashed
you would have squashed
they would have squashed

squash

The American and Canadian term for a family of marrow-like vegetables.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	squash - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruitssquash vinesquash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetableCucurbita, genus Cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceaeautumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vine - a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashesCucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine - any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds hardenwinter squash, winter squash plant - any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fallvine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
	2.	squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetableveg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plantsummer squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind hardenwinter squash - any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and can be stored for several monthssquash, squash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
	3.	squash - a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled racketssquash rackets, squash racquetscourt game - an athletic game played on a courtundercut, cut - (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"drive - (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke - (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)forehand drive - (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash)serve, service - (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game"fault - (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"rally, exchange - (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point"
Verb	1.	squash - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"mash, squeeze, crush, squelchwring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"press - exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"stamp - crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice"steamroller - crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

squash

verb1. crush, press, flatten, mash, pound, smash, distort, pulp, compress, stamp on, trample down She made clay models and squashed them flat again.2. suppress, put down (slang), quell, silence, sit on (informal), crush, quash, annihilate The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.3. embarrass, put down, humiliate, shame, disgrace, degrade, mortify, debase, discomfit, take the wind out of someone's sails, put (someone) in his (or her) place, take down a peg (informal) Worried managers would be sacked or simply squashed.

squash

verb1. To press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass:crush, mash, mush, pulp.2. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squelch, suppress.Idiom: put the lid on.

Translations

壁球拥挤挤进果汁西葫芦

squash

(skwoʃ) verb1. 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. 塞进，挤进 2. to defeat (a rebellion etc). 镇压 noun1. a state of being squashed or crowded. There was a great squash in the doorway.拥挤2. (a particular flavour of) a drink containing the juice of crushed fruit. Have some orange squash!果汁3. (also squash rackets) a type of game played in a walled court with rackets and a rubber ball. （软式）墙网球，壁球 4. a vegetable or plant of the gourd family. 南瓜ˈsquashy adjective soft or easily squashed. The rain makes the fruit very squashy.软或易压碎的

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be squashed (in) like sardines

To be very tightly or snugly squashed together, especially in a small space. We didn't want to take more than one car, so we had to be squashed like sardines in Jeff's little sedan for the four-hour drive to Moab. Having a concert in our friend's café was such a good idea! Sure, we were squashed in like sardines, but everyone had a great time.See also: like, sardine, squash

squash (someone or something) (in) like sardines

To fit many people or things very tightly or snugly into a small space. We didn't want to take more than one car, so Jeff squashed us like sardines in his little sedan for the four-hour drive to Moab. Having a concert in our friends café was such a good idea! Sure, we had to squash people in like sardines, but everyone had a great time. I wish you would just let us buy you a bigger backpack! It makes my own back hurt watching you squash those books like sardines into your little shoulder bag.See also: like, sardine, squash

squashed (in) like sardines

Very tightly or snugly packed together, especially in a small space. We didn't want to take more than one car, so we had to drive for about four hours squashed like sardines in Jeff's little sedan. Having a concert in our friends café was such a good idea! Sure, we were squashed in like sardines, but everyone had a great time.See also: like, sardine, squash

squash down

1. Literally, to crush, crumple, or mash something down. A noun or pronoun can be used between "squash" and "down." I kept trying to squash my clothes down to fit them all in the suitcase, but it was hopeless. I wish the courier hadn't squashed down the box to fit it through the mail slot like that!2. To willfully suppress, inhibit, or quash something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "squash" and "down." If you squash down your anger like that, it's going to end up exploding down the line. The dictator squashed the rebellion down without mercy.See also: down, squash

squash in

1. To fit in(side of something) very snugly or compactly. Sorry, my car is pretty tiny, so you'll all have to just squash in. I know the bag looks small, but the sleeping bag squashes in without a problem.2. To force or compel someone or something to fit inside of something by crushing, compressing, or compacting them or it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "squash" and "in." I only have one suitcase, so I always have to squash in all my clothes whenever I travel. They tried to squash 40 of us in that dinky little classroom.3. To crush, crumple, or mash something inward. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "squash" and "in." The bully came over and squashed in my science fair diorama with his fist. Don't sit on the box like that, or you'll squash it in!See also: squash

squash into (something)

1. To fit in(side of something) very snugly or compactly. We all had to squash into his tiny truck. I know the bag looks small, but the sleeping bag squashes into it without a problem.2. To force or compel someone or something to fit inside of something by crushing, compressing, or compacting them or it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "squash" and "into." I only have one suitcase, so I always have to squash all my clothes into it whenever I travel. They tried to squash 40 of us into that dinky little classroom.See also: squash

squash up

To crush, crumple, or mash something into a broken or untidy state. A noun or pronoun can be used between "squash" and "up." Don't just squash your clothes up like that while you're packing—everything will be wrinkly when you unpack it later! The bully came over and squashed up my science fair diorama.See also: squash, up

squash up against (someone or something)

1. To press up to someone or something so firmly that it causes the person or object pressing to squish, contort, or deform. The package must have squashed up against something during delivery, because the box is all misshapen. I hate having people squash up against me on the train every morning when I commute to work.2. To compact someone or something against someone or something else so firmly that it causes the former to squish, contort, or deform. A noun or pronoun can be used between "squash" and "up." The sudden rush of people squashed me right up against the window. Dang it—I squashed the bread up against the side of the shopping cart.See also: squash, up

stoned out of (one's) squash

Severely intoxicated by drugs, especially marijuana. ("Squash" is a slang term for one's head or mind.) Sorry, I can't remember what we were talking about last night, I was stoned out of my squash. There's no way I'm letting you drive—you're stoned out of your squash!See also: of, out, squash, stoned

squash someone or something up

to grind someone or something up; to mash someone or something up. You had better stay out of the traffic, or some big truck will squash you up! The truck squashed up the tiny car.See also: squash, up

squash something down

to crush something down; to pack something down. squash the ice cream down so the air will be pushed out. Who squashed down my hat?See also: down, squash

squash something in

to crush or make something concave by squashing or mashing. The children squashed the Halloween jack-o'—lantern in and ruined it. someone squashed in the lampshade.See also: squash

squash something into something

and squash something into press or mash something into something. she squashed the clay into the mold. she squashed in the clay and started to make a bowl.See also: squash

squash up against someone or something

to press hard up against someone or something. (Usually said of something soft.) The egg squashed up against the window and splattered all over. The pumpkin squashed up against the side of the truck.See also: squash, up

stoned out of one’s squash

mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. Britney will drink a little now and then, but she never gets stoned out of her squash. See also: of, out, squash, stoned

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verb crush

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verb suppress

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verb embarrass

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verb to press forcefully so as to break up into a pulpy mass

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verb to bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight

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noun any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

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noun edible fruit of a squash plant

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noun a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

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verb to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

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