squash
verb/skwɒʃ/
/skwɑːʃ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they squash | /skwɒʃ/ /skwɑːʃ/ |
| he / she / it squashes | /ˈskwɒʃɪz/ /ˈskwɑːʃɪz/ |
| past simple squashed | /skwɒʃt/ /skwɑːʃt/ |
| past participle squashed | /skwɒʃt/ /skwɑːʃt/ |
| -ing form squashing | /ˈskwɒʃɪŋ/ /ˈskwɑːʃɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to press something so that it becomes soft, damaged or flat, or changes shape
- squash something/somebody The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag had been squashed.
- Move up—you’re squashing me!
- squash something against something He squashed his nose against the window.
- squash something + adj. Squash your cans flat before recycling.
- [intransitive, transitive] to push somebody/something or yourself into a space that is too small
- + adv./prep. We all squashed into the back of the car.
- squash somebody/something + adv./prep. How many people are they going to try and squash into this bus?
- She was squashed between the door and the table.
- There were dozens of us in the room, squashed together like sardines.
- [transitive] squash something to stop something from continuing; to destroy something because it is a problem for you synonym quash
- to squash a plan/an idea/a revolt
- If parents don't answer children's questions, their natural curiosity will be squashed.
- The statement was an attempt to squash the rumours.
Word Originverb mid 16th cent. (as a verb): alteration of quash.
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