to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
2.
to suppress or put down; quash.
3.
to silence or disconcert (someone), as with a crushing retort or emotional or psychological pressure.
4.
to press forcibly against or cram into a small space; squeeze.
–verb (used without object)
5.
to be pressed into a flat mass or pulp.
6.
(of a soft, heavy body) to fall heavily.
7.
to make a splashing sound; splash.
8.
to be capable of being or likely to be squashed: Tomatoes squash easily.
9.
to squeeze or crowd; crush.
–noun
10.
the act or sound of squashing.
11.
the fact of squashing or of being squashed.
12.
something squashed or crushed.
13.
something soft and easily crushed.
14.
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.
15.
Also called squash tennis.a game for two persons, resembling squash racquets except that the ball is larger and livelier and the racket is shaped like a tennis racket.
16.
British. a beverage made from fruit juice and soda water: lemon 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.
2.
any of these plants.
[Origin: 1635–45, Americanism; < Narragansett (E sp.) askútasquash (pl.)]
To beat, squeeze, or press into a pulp or a flattened mass; crush. See Synonyms at crush.
To put down or suppress; quash: squash a revolt.
To silence or fluster, as with crushing words: squash a heckler.
v.
intr.
To become crushed, flattened, or pulpy, as by pressure or impact.
To move with a splashing or sucking sound, as when walking through boggy ground.
n.
The act or sound of squashing.
The fact or condition of being squashed.
A crushed or crowded mass: a squash of people.
Sports A racket game played in a closed walled court with a rubber ball.
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.]
"to crush," 1565, from O.Fr. esquasser "to crush," from V.L. *exquassare, from L. ex- "out" + quassare "to shatter" (see quash "to crush"). The name of the racket game is first recorded in 1886, originally as the name of the soft rubber ball used in it.
"gourd fruit," 1643, shortened borrowing from Algonquian (Narraganset) askutasquash, lit. "the green things that may be eaten raw," from askut "green, raw" + asquash "eaten," in which the -ash is a plural affix (cf. succotash).
to press, squeeze or crush Example: He tried to squash too many clothes into his case; The tomatoes got squashed (flat) at the bottom of the shopping-bag.
Arabic:
يَسْحَق، يَعْصُر
Chinese (Simplified):
塞进，挤进
Chinese (Traditional):
塞進，擠進
Czech:
nacpat; rozmačkat
Danish:
presse; mase
Dutch:
persen
Estonian:
pressima, lömastama
Finnish:
sulloa, murskata
French:
entasser; écraser
German:
(zer-)quetschen
Greek:
συνθλίβω, ζουλώ
Hungarian:
összeprésel
Icelandic:
troða; kremja
Indonesian:
memipit
Italian:
schiacciare, pigiare
Japanese:
押しつぶす
Korean:
…을 짓눌러 으깨다, 짓이기다; …을 우겨 넣다
Latvian:
saspiest; iespiest; izspiest
Lithuanian:
sugrūsti
Norwegian:
presse, klemme flat, trykke sammen
Polish:
zgniatać, ściskać
Portuguese (Brazil):
espremer, esmagar
Portuguese (Portugal):
esmagar
Romanian:
a strivi; a zdrobi
Russian:
запихивать; раздавливать
Slovak:
napchať; rozpučiť
Slovenian:
stisniti
Swedish:
klämma in (ner), krossa till mos, mosa sönder
Turkish:
ezmek
squash2[skwoʃ]verb
to defeat (a rebellion etc)
Arabic:
يَهْزِم
Chinese (Simplified):
镇压
Chinese (Traditional):
鎮壓
Czech:
rozdrtit
Danish:
slå ned
Dutch:
onderdrukken
Estonian:
maha suruma
Finnish:
tehdä loppu jostakin
French:
écraser
German:
im Keim ersticken
Greek:
καταστέλλω
Hungarian:
elfojt
Icelandic:
berja, *bæla niður
Indonesian:
menindas
Italian:
domare, soffocare
Japanese:
鎮圧する
Korean:
(반란 등을) 진압하다
Latvian:
apspiest (nemierus u.tml.)
Lithuanian:
numalšinti
Norwegian:
knuse, knekke
Polish:
stłumić
Portuguese (Brazil):
esmagar
Portuguese (Portugal):
esmagar
Romanian:
a reprima
Russian:
подавлять (восстание)
Slovak:
rozdrviť
Slovenian:
zadušiti
Swedish:
krossa, kväsa
Turkish:
bastırmak
squash1[skwoʃ]noun
a state of being squashed or crowded Example: There was a great squash in the doorway.
Arabic:
إزْدِحام
Chinese (Simplified):
拥挤
Chinese (Traditional):
擁擠
Czech:
nával
Danish:
maseri
Dutch:
gedrang
Estonian:
tunglemine
Finnish:
tungos
French:
cohue
German:
das Gedränge
Greek:
στριμωξίδι
Hungarian:
tolongás
Icelandic:
kássa, þvaga
Indonesian:
desak-desakan
Italian:
calca
Japanese:
大勢
Korean:
눌러 으깨짐; 혼잡
Latvian:
drūzmēšanās; spiešanās
Lithuanian:
spūstis
Norwegian:
trengsel
Polish:
ścisk
Portuguese (Brazil):
aperto
Portuguese (Portugal):
aglomeração
Romanian:
înghesuială
Russian:
давка
Slovak:
nával
Slovenian:
gneča
Swedish:
mos, trängsel
Turkish:
kalabalık, sıkışıklık
squash2[skwoʃ]noun
(a particular flavour of) a drink containing the juice of crushed fruit Example: Have some orange squash!
Arabic:
عَصير فَواكِه
Chinese (Simplified):
果子汁
Chinese (Traditional):
果子汁
Czech:
ovocná šťáva
Danish:
frugtsaft; saft; -saft
Dutch:
limonade
Estonian:
mehu
Finnish:
mehu
French:
boisson au jus de fruit
German:
der frischgepresste Saft
Greek:
χυμός
Hungarian:
(kipréselt) gyümölcslé
Icelandic:
ávaxtasafi
Indonesian:
peras
Italian:
(bibita a base di succo di frutta)
Japanese:
スカッシュ
Korean:
스쿼시(과일즙에 소다수를 섞은 음료)
Latvian:
biezsula; sulas dzēriens
Lithuanian:
sultys su minkštimu
Norwegian:
squash (fruktsaft)
Polish:
(rodzaj napoju owocowego)
Portuguese (Portugal):
sumo
Romanian:
suc de fructe
Russian:
фруктовый напиток
Slovak:
ovocná šťava
Slovenian:
sadni sok
Swedish:
saft, juice
Turkish:
konsantre meyve suyu
squash3[skwoʃ]noun
(alsosquash rackets) a type of game played in a walled court with rackets and a rubber ball
Arabic:
سكواتْش: لُعْبَة بِكُرةٍ في مَلْعَب مُحاط بالجُدْران
Main Entry: squash Pronunciation: 'skwäsh, 'skwosh Function: noun : a bit of tissue crushed between slide and cover glass and stained in situ especially
for cytological study of chromosomes
Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple.] (Bot.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C. maxima, but the distinctions are not clear. Squash beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small American beetle (Diabrotica, or Galeruca vittata) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species. Squash bug (Zo["o]l.), a large black American hemipterous insect (Coreus, or Anasa, tristis) injurious to squash vines.
Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [OE. squashen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. ['e]cacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum, to compel. Cf. Cogent, Squat, v. i.] To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
Squash\, n. 1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease. Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. --Shak. 2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. "This squash, this gentleman." --Shak. 3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. --Arbuthnot. My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. --Swift.
Squat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting.] [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. cogere to drive or urge together. See Cogent, Squash, v. t.]1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire. 2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit. 3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
Swash\, n. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] (Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. --Moxon. Swash plate (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.
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