squash
squash /skw'ɒʃ/ (squashes squashing squashed)
1 [VERB] be V-ed prep, be V-ed adj, V n adj
If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape.
Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car...
Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling...
She made clay models and squashed them flat again.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ into n
If people or things are squashed into a place, they are put or pushed into a place where there is not enough room for them to be.
The stage is squashed into a small corner of the field.
= cram
3 [N-SING] a N
If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squash, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. (INFORMAL)
It all looked a bit of a squash as they squeezed inside the small hatchback.
= squeeze
4 [VERB] V n
If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force.
The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Squash is a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets.
6 [N-MASS]
Squash is a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water. Squash is sold in bottles in a concentrated form to which you add water. (BRIT)
...a glass of orange squash.
= cordial
7 [N-VAR]
A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside.
1 [VERB] be V-ed prep, be V-ed adj, V n adj
If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape.
Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car...
Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling...
She made clay models and squashed them flat again.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ into n
If people or things are squashed into a place, they are put or pushed into a place where there is not enough room for them to be.
The stage is squashed into a small corner of the field.
= cram
3 [N-SING] a N
If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squash, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. (INFORMAL)
It all looked a bit of a squash as they squeezed inside the small hatchback.
= squeeze
4 [VERB] V n
If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force.
The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Squash is a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets.
6 [N-MASS]
Squash is a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water. Squash is sold in bottles in a concentrated form to which you add water. (BRIT)
...a glass of orange squash.
= cordial
7 [N-VAR]
A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside.