Толковый словарь английского языка - squash
Squash
squash
I. verb see: cache Date: 1565 transitive verb to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass ; crush , put down , suppress , intransitive verb to flatten out under pressure or impact, to proceed with a splashing or squelching sound , squeeze , press , ~er noun II. noun Date: 1590 something soft and easily crushed, the sudden fall of a heavy soft body or the sound of such a fall, squelch 1, a crushed mass, sweetened citrus fruit juice often served with added soda water, a singles or doubles game played in a 4-wall court with a long-handled racket and a rubber ball that can be hit off any number of walls, III. adverb Date: 1766 with a ~ or a ~ing sound, IV. noun (plural ~es or ~) Etymology: by shortening & alteration from earlier isquouter~, from Narragansett askúta~ Date: 1634 any of various fruits of plants (genus Cucurbita) of the gourd family widely cultivated as vegetables
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1. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. crush or squeeze flat or into pulp. 2 intr. (often foll. by into) make one's way by squeezing. 3 tr. pack tight, crowd. 4 tr. a silence (a person) with a crushing retort etc. b dismiss (a proposal etc.). c quash (a rebellion). --n. 1 a crowd; a crowded assembly. 2 a sound of or as of something being squashed, or of a soft body falling. 3 Brit. a concentrated drink made of crushed fruit etc., diluted with water. 4 (in full squash rackets) a game played with rackets and a small fairly soft ball against the walls of a closed court. 5 a squashed thing or mass. Phrases and idioms squash tennis US a game similar to squash, played with a lawn-tennis ball. Derivatives squashy adj. (squashier, squashiest). squashily adv. squashiness n. Etymology: alt. of QUASH 2. n. (pl. same or squashes) 1 any of various trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp. C. maxima, C. moschata, and C. pepo, having pumpkin-like fruits. 2 the fruit of these cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Etymology: obs. (i)squoutersquash f. Narraganset asquutasquash f. asq uncooked + squash green ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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