squash

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
• Syn:
squash vine
• Hypernyms:
vine
• Hyponyms:
pumpkin, pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, summer squash,
summer squash vine, Cucurbita pepo melopepo, winter squash, winter squash plant
• Member Holonyms:
Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita
2. edible fruit of a squash plant;
eaten as a vegetable
• Hypernyms:
vegetable, veggie, veg
• Hyponyms:
summer squash, winter squash
• Part Holonyms:
squash vine
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
• Members of this Topic:
cut, undercut, drive, forehand, forehand stroke,
forehand stroke, forehand drive, serve, service, fault,
rally, exchange
• Hypernyms:
court game

II - verb

to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (Freq. 1)
- crush an aluminum can
- squeeze a lemon
• Syn:
crush, squelch, mash, squeeze
• Derivationally related forms:
squeeze (for: squeeze), squeezer (for: squeeze), mash (for: mash), crush (for: crush), crusher (for: crush)
• Hypernyms:
press
• Hyponyms:
wring, stamp, steamroller, tread, telescope
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  squash racquets, squash rackets, squash vine, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze