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squash·y

(skwŏsh′ē, skwô′shē)

adj. squash·i·er, squash·i·est

1. Easily squashed.

2. Overripe and soft; pulpy.

3. Boggy; marshy: squashy ground.

squash′i·ly adv.

squash′i·ness n.

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squashy

(ˈskwɒʃɪ)

adj, squashier or squashiest

1. easily squashed; pulpy: a squashy peach.

2. soft and wet; marshy: squashy ground.

3. having a squashed appearance: a squashy face.

ˈsquashily adv

ˈsquashiness n

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squash•y

(ˈskwɒʃ i, ˈskwɔ ʃi)

adj. squash•i•er, squash•i•est.

1. easily squashed; pulpy: squashy fruit.

2. soft and wet: squashy ground.

3. having a squashed appearance.

[1690–1700]

squash′i•ly, adv.

squash′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	squashy - like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness pulpy nonwoody - not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood
	2.	squashy - (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, waterlogged, sloppy wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	3.	squashy - easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread" spongelike, spongy, squishy soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight

squashy

adjective soft, yielding, mushy, spongy, pulpy, pappy deep, squashy sofas

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

squashy

adjective

Yielding easily to pressure or weight; not firm:

mushy, pappy, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, soft, spongy, squishy, yielding.

Translations

سَهْلٌ سَحْقُه أو هَرْسُه

měkký

blød

matschig

mou

kásás

meyr, mjúkur

molliccio

vassen

kolay ezilebilenpeltemsi

软或易压碎的

squashy

[ˈskwɒʃɪ] ADJ (squashier (compar) (squashiest (superl))) → blando y algo líquido, muelle y húmedo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

squashy

[ˈskwɒʃi] adj → mou(molle)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

squashy

adj (+er) → matschig; cushion → weich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

squashy

[ˈskwɒʃɪ] adj (fruit) → molle; (cushion) → morbido/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

squash

(skwoʃ) verb

1. to press, squeeze or crush. He tried to squash too many clothes into his case; The tomatoes got squashed (flat) at the bottom of the shopping-bag.

2. to defeat (a rebellion etc).

noun

1. a state of being squashed or crowded. There was a great squash in the doorway.

2. (a particular flavour of) a drink containing the juice of crushed fruit. Have some orange squash!

3. (also squash rackets) a type of game played in a walled court with rackets and a rubber ball.

4. a vegetable or plant of the gourd family.

ˈsquashy adjective

soft or easily squashed. The rain makes the fruit very squashy.

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