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Meaning and definition for "squash" word
[noun] edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
[noun] any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
[verb] to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
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\Squash\, n. [Cf. {Musquash}.] (Zo["o]l.) An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.
\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.
Synonyms for squash
crush, mash, squash rackets, squash racquets, squash vine, squeeze, squelch
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Let's analyse "squash" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: HSAUQS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1680 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
squash: 3 + 1 = 4, reduced: 4 . and the final result is Four. |
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