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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Squash \Squash\ (skw[o^]sh), n. [Cf. Musquash.] (Zo["o]l.)
     An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
     green, immature, 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Squash beetle (Zo["o]l.), a small American beetle
        ({Diabrotica vittata, syn. 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 tristis syn. Anasa tristis) injurious
        to squash vines.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Squash \Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed (skw[o^]sht); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [OE. squachen, 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Squash \Squash\, n.
     1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe
        pod of pease.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a
              boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
        ``This squash, this gentleman.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft
        bodies. --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with
        soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets; -- called
        also squash rackets.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Squash \Squash\, n.
     A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft
     rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Squash \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Squash \Squash\, n. [Cf. Musquash.] (Zo["o]l.)
     An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Squash \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Squash \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  squash
       n 1: any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of
            the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
            [syn: squash vine]
       2: edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
       3: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players
          who strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn: squash
          racquets, squash rackets]
       v : to compress with violence, out of natural shape or
           condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
           [syn: crush, squelch, mash, squeeze]
       [also: squashes (pl)]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 (ετ αθλητισμός en) το παιχνίδι σκουός
     2 (''σπάνια στον πληθυντικό'') στριμωξίδι, συνωστισμός
     3 ζούληγμα, σύνθλιψη· ο ήχος πλατς (ή σπλατς), της σύνθλιψης
     4 ((ετ φρούτο en 0=-), ''αμετάβλητο στον πληθυντικό'') κολοκύθι· τα
  κολοκυθάκια
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (ετ αθλητισμός en) το παιχνίδι σκουός
     2 (''σπάνια στον πληθυντικό'') στριμωξίδι, συνωστισμός
     3 ζούληγμα, σύνθλιψη· ο ήχος πλατς (ή σπλατς), της σύνθλιψης
     4 ((ετ φρούτο en 0=-), ''αμετάβλητο στον πληθυντικό'') κολοκύθι· τα
  κολοκυθάκια
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 στίβω, ζουλάω, συνθλίβω
     2 στριμώχνω, συνωστίζομαι
     3 (ετ καθομ en) καταστέλλω, καταπνίγω
     4 (ετ καθομ en) αποστομώνω

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Squash
     Γερμανικά n.
     (ετ αθλητ de) το σκουός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi sports) #English
     French n.
     1 (lb fr sports) (lb fr uncountable) (l en squash)
     2 squash game
     3 squash court
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 (l en squash) (fruit)
     2 (l en squash) (sport)
     3 (l en squash) (soft drink)
     Polish n.
     (l en squash) (gl: sport)
     Slovak n.
     (l en squash) (gloss: sport)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Squash
     German n.
     n squash

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     n.
     (lb en uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft
  rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to
  crush.
     2 (lb en transitive intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself)
  into a small space; to squeeze.
     3 (lb en transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.
     n.
     1 (senseid en plant) (lb en botany countable) A plant and its fruit
  of any of a few species of the genus ''Cucurbita'', or gourd kind.
     2 # ''Cucurbita maxima'', including (vern: hubbard squash), (vern:
  great winter squash), (vern: buttercup squash), and some varieties of
  pumpkins.
     3 # (taxlink Cucurbita argyrosperma species ver=161009) (syn.
  (taxlink Cucurbita mixta species ver=161009)), (vern: cushaw squash).
     4 # ''Cucurbita moschata'', butternut squash, (vern: Barbary squash),
  (vern: China squash).
     5 # ''Cucurbita pepo'', most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash,
  zucchini.
     6 (lb en botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
     7 # ''Lagenaria siceraria'' (syn. (taxlink Cucurbita verrucosa
  species ver=161009)), calabash, (vern: long-neck squash).
     8 (lb en culinary) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or
  this fruit prepared as a dish.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete countable) muskrat.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi sports) #English
     French n.
     1 (lb fr sports) (lb fr uncountable) (l en squash)
     2 squash game
     3 squash court
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 (l en squash) (fruit)
     2 (l en squash) (sport)
     3 (l en squash) (soft drink)
     Polish n.
     (l en squash) (gl: sport)
     Slovak n.
     (l en squash) (gloss: sport)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Squash
     German n.
     n squash

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi sports) #English
     French n.
     1 (lb fr sports) (lb fr uncountable) (l en squash)
     2 squash game
     3 squash court
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 (l en squash) (fruit)
     2 (l en squash) (sport)
     3 (l en squash) (soft drink)
     Polish n.
     (l en squash) (gl: sport)
     Swedish n.
     c (lb sv sports) (l en squash)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Squash
     German n.
     n squash

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     n.
     (urheilu) suljetulla kentällä seinää vasten palloa lyömällä pelattava
  vauhdikas pallopeli
     Norja n.
     1 kesäkurpitsa
     2 (yhteys urheilu k=no) (l)

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     n.
     (urheilu) suljetulla kentällä seinää vasten palloa lyömällä pelattava
  vauhdikas pallopeli

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     Franska n.
     (tagg sport språk=fr) #Svenska
     Nederländska n.
     #Svenska

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Squash
     Tyska n.
     squash

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  squash
     n.
     1 (tagg kat=växtarter kat2=växter kat3=grönsaker) växt av arten
  ''Cucurbita pepo''; planta av denna växtart; frukt av denna växt;
     2 (tagg: kat=bollsport) bollsport där två spelare turas om att med
  racket slå bollen mot en vägg

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ell ]


  Squash /skvɔʃ/ /skwɔʃ/ 
  σκουός
  Sportart für zwei Spieler, bei der ein Ball mit Schlägern gegen eine Wand gespielt wird

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Squash /skvˈaʃ/ 
   [sport] squash , squash racquets

From Deutsch-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fin ]


  Squash /skvɔʃ/ /skwɔʃ/ 
  squash
  Sportart für zwei Spieler, bei der ein Ball mit Schlägern gegen eine Wand gespielt wird

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Squash /skvɔʃ/ /skwɔʃ/ 
  squash
  Sportart für zwei Spieler, bei der ein Ball mit Schlägern gegen eine Wand gespielt wird

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ind ]


  Squash /skvɔʃ/ /skwɔʃ/ 
  skuas 2.
  Sportart für zwei Spieler, bei der ein Ball mit Schlägern gegen eine Wand gespielt wird
   3.
  frisch gepresster (Zitrusfrucht-)Saft, in dem auch Fruchtfleisch enthalten ist

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-pol ]


  Squash /skvɔʃ/ /skwɔʃ/ 
  squash
  Sportart für zwei Spieler, bei der ein Ball mit Schlägern gegen eine Wand gespielt wird

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Squash /skvɔʃ/ /skwɔʃ/ 
  сквош
  Sportart für zwei Spieler, bei der ein Ball mit Schlägern gegen eine Wand gespielt wird

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  Squash /skvɔʃ/ /skwɔʃ/ 
  squash
  Sportart für zwei Spieler, bei der ein Ball mit Schlägern gegen eine Wand gespielt wird

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Squash /skvɔʃ/ /skwɔʃ/ 
  1. squash
  Sportart für zwei Spieler, bei der ein Ball mit Schlägern gegen eine Wand gespielt wird
  2. saft
  frisch gepresster (Zitrusfrucht-)Saft, in dem auch Fruchtfleisch enthalten ist

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  squash /skwˈɒʃ/
  1. pampoen
  2. muurbal

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Squash /skwˈɒʃ/
  السكواتش

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  squash //skwɑʃ// //skwɒʃ// //skwɔɹʃ// //skwɔʃ// 
  1. скуош
  the sport
  2. тиква
  plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  squash //skwɑʃ// //skwɒʃ// //skwɔɹʃ// //skwɔʃ// 
  1. мачкам, смачквам
  to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
  2. натискам
  to compress