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squash
(encz) | squash,nacpat v: Zdeněk Brož |
squash
(encz) | squash,namačkat v: Zdeněk Brož |
squash
(encz) | squash,přimáčknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
squash
(encz) | squash,rozmačkat v: Zdeněk Brož |
squash
(encz) | squash,squash n: |
squash
(encz) | squash,tlačenice n: Zdeněk Brož |
squash
(encz) | squash,zmáčknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
squash
(czen) | squash,squashn: |
Squash
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, n.
1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe
pod of pease.
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Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a
boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. --Shak.
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2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
"This squash, this gentleman." --Shak.
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3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft
bodies. --Arbuthnot.
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My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. --Swift.
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4. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with
soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets; -- called
also squash rackets.
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Squash
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\ (skw[o^]sh), n. [Cf. Musquash.] (Zool.)
An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.
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Squash
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
green, immature, 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.
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Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China
squash, Cucurbita moschata, and the great winter
squash, Cucurbita maxima, but the distinctions are
not clear.
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Squash beetle (Zool.), a small American beetle ({Diabrotica
vittata}, syn. 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 (Zool.), a large black American hemipterous
insect (Coreus tristis syn. Anasa tristis) injurious
to squash vines.
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Squash
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed (skw[o^]sht); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [OE. squachen, 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.
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squash
(wn) | squash
n 1: any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus
Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits [syn:
squash, squash vine]
2: edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
3: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who
strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn: squash,
squash racquets, squash rackets]
v 1: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or
condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn:
squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze] |
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crookneck squash
(encz) | crookneck squash, n: |
hubbard squash
(encz) | hubbard squash, n: |
marrow squash
(encz) | marrow squash, n: |
musquash
(encz) | musquash, n: |
pattypan squash
(encz) | pattypan squash, n: |
silo squash
(encz) | silo squash,silážní šťáva [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
spaghetti squash
(encz) | spaghetti squash, n: |
squash ball
(encz) | squash ball, n: |
squash bug
(encz) | squash bug, n: |
squash court
(encz) | squash court, n: |
squash pie
(encz) | squash pie, n: |
squash racket
(encz) | squash racket, n: |
squash rackets
(encz) | squash rackets, |
squash racquet
(encz) | squash racquet, n: |
squash racquets
(encz) | squash racquets, |
squash vine
(encz) | squash vine, n: |
squashed
(encz) | squashed,rozmačkaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
squashes
(encz) | squashes, |
squashy
(encz) | squashy,houbovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
summer squash
(encz) | summer squash, |
summer squash vine
(encz) | summer squash vine, n: |
turban squash
(encz) | turban squash, n: |
winter crookneck squash
(encz) | winter crookneck squash, n: |
winter squash
(encz) | winter squash, n: |
winter squash plant
(encz) | winter squash plant, n: |
yellow squash
(encz) | yellow squash, n: |
Egg squash
(gcide) | Egg squash \Egg" squash`\
A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.
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Marrow squash
(gcide) | Marrow \Mar"row\, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh;
akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel.
mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to
sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. Merge.]
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1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones;
the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very
fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty,
and red or reddish in color.
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2. The essence; the best part.
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It takes from our achievements . . .
The pith and marrow of our attribute. --Shak.
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3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael.
maraon together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an
intimate associate. [Scot.]
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Chopping and changing I can not commend,
With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end.
--Tusser.
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Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of
squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit,
pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and
to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and
having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.
Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal.
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musquash
(gcide) | Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent
(Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus). It
resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but
the tail is compressed, the hind feet are webbed, and the
ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which
secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called
also musquash, musk beaver, ondatra, and sometimes
water rat.
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2. (Zool.) The musk shrew.
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3. (Zool.) The desman.
[1913 Webster]Musquash \Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zool.)
See Muskrat.
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Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta
maculata}), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.
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Musquash
(gcide) | Muskrat \Musk"rat`\, n.
1. (Zool.) A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent
(Ondatra zibethica formerly Fiber zibethicus). It
resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but
the tail is compressed, the hind feet are webbed, and the
ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which
secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called
also musquash, musk beaver, ondatra, and sometimes
water rat.
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2. (Zool.) The musk shrew.
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3. (Zool.) The desman.
[1913 Webster]Musquash \Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zool.)
See Muskrat.
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Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta
maculata}), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.
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Musquash root
(gcide) | Musquash \Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zool.)
See Muskrat.
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Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta
maculata}), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.
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Squash
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, n.
1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe
pod of pease.
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Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a
boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. --Shak.
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2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
"This squash, this gentleman." --Shak.
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3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft
bodies. --Arbuthnot.
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My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. --Swift.
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4. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with
soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets; -- called
also squash rackets.
[PJC]Squash \Squash\ (skw[o^]sh), n. [Cf. Musquash.] (Zool.)
An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
green, immature, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China
squash, Cucurbita moschata, and the great winter
squash, Cucurbita maxima, but the distinctions are
not clear.
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Squash beetle (Zool.), a small American beetle ({Diabrotica
vittata}, syn. 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 (Zool.), a large black American hemipterous
insect (Coreus tristis syn. Anasa tristis) injurious
to squash vines.
[1913 Webster]Squash \Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed (skw[o^]sht); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [OE. squachen, 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.
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Squash beetle
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
green, immature, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China
squash, Cucurbita moschata, and the great winter
squash, Cucurbita maxima, but the distinctions are
not clear.
[1913 Webster]
Squash beetle (Zool.), a small American beetle ({Diabrotica
vittata}, syn. 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 (Zool.), a large black American hemipterous
insect (Coreus tristis syn. Anasa tristis) injurious
to squash vines.
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Squash bug
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
green, immature, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China
squash, Cucurbita moschata, and the great winter
squash, Cucurbita maxima, but the distinctions are
not clear.
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Squash beetle (Zool.), a small American beetle ({Diabrotica
vittata}, syn. 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 (Zool.), a large black American hemipterous
insect (Coreus tristis syn. Anasa tristis) injurious
to squash vines.
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squash rackets
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, n.
1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe
pod of pease.
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Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a
boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. --Shak.
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2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
"This squash, this gentleman." --Shak.
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3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft
bodies. --Arbuthnot.
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My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. --Swift.
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4. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with
soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets; -- called
also squash rackets.
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Squashed
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed (skw[o^]sht); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [OE. squachen, 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.
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Squasher
(gcide) | Squasher \Squash"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, squashes.
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Squashiness
(gcide) | Squashiness \Squash"i*ness\ (-[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.
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Squashing
(gcide) | Squash \Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed (skw[o^]sht); p.
pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [OE. squachen, 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.
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Squashy
(gcide) | Squashy \Squash"y\ (-[y^]), a.
Easily squashed; soft.
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acorn squash
(wn) | acorn squash
n 1: squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having
yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with
longitudinal ridges
2: small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to
orange flesh |
buttercup squash
(wn) | buttercup squash
n 1: plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green
rind with greyish markings
2: drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or
grey |
butternut squash
(wn) | butternut squash
n 1: plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-
shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth
thin rind [syn: butternut squash, Cucurbita maxima]
2: buff-colored squash with a long usually straight neck and
sweet orange flesh |
crookneck squash
(wn) | crookneck squash
n 1: yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty
skin [syn: crookneck, crookneck squash, {summer
crookneck}] |
hubbard squash
(wn) | hubbard squash
n 1: any of several winter squash plants producing large
greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind
[syn: hubbard squash, Cucurbita maxima]
2: large football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green
rind |
marrow squash
(wn) | marrow squash
n 1: any of various squash plants grown for their elongated
fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh [syn:
marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrow] |
musquash
(wn) | musquash
n 1: beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark
glossy brown fur [syn: muskrat, musquash, {Ondatra
zibethica}] |
pattypan squash
(wn) | pattypan squash
n 1: squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped
edge; usually greenish white [syn: cymling, {pattypan
squash}]
2: round greenish-white squash having one face flattened with a
scalloped edge |
spaghetti squash
(wn) | spaghetti squash
n 1: squash plant bearing oval fruit with smooth yellowish skin
and tender stranded flesh resembling spaghetti
2: medium-sized oval squash with flesh in the form of strings
that resemble spaghetti |
squash ball
(wn) | squash ball
n 1: rubber ball used in playing squash |
squash bug
(wn) | squash bug
n 1: large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the
gourd family [syn: squash bug, Anasa tristis] |
squash court
(wn) | squash court
n 1: the indoor court in which squash is played |
squash pie
(wn) | squash pie
n 1: similar to pumpkin pie but made with winter squash instead
of pumpkin |
squash racket
(wn) | squash racket
n 1: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
[syn: squash racket, squash racquet, bat] |
squash rackets
(wn) | squash rackets
n 1: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players
who strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn:
squash, squash racquets, squash rackets] |
squash racquet
(wn) | squash racquet
n 1: a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
[syn: squash racket, squash racquet, bat] |
squash racquets
(wn) | squash racquets
n 1: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players
who strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn:
squash, squash racquets, squash rackets] |
squash vine
(wn) | squash vine
n 1: any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus
Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits [syn:
squash, squash vine] |
squashed
(wn) | squashed
adj 1: that has been violently compressed; "the squashed looking
nakedness of the fledgling birds" |
squashy
(wn) | squashy
adj 1: like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness [syn:
pulpy, squashy]
2: (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" [syn: boggy, marshy, miry,
mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy,
squashy, swampy, waterlogged]
3: easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous
texture and compressibility; "spongy bread" [syn: spongy,
squashy, squishy, spongelike] |
summer squash
(wn) | summer squash
n 1: any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is
eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
[syn: summer squash, summer squash vine, {Cucurbita
pepo melopepo}]
2: any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during
the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind
harden |
summer squash vine
(wn) | summer squash vine
n 1: any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is
eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
[syn: summer squash, summer squash vine, {Cucurbita
pepo melopepo}] |
turban squash
(wn) | turban squash
n 1: squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat
like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding
from the end opposite the stem [syn: turban squash,
Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis]
2: large squash shaped somewhat like a turban usually with a
rounded central portion protruding from the blossom end |
winter crookneck squash
(wn) | winter crookneck squash
n 1: any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and
elongated recurved necks [syn: winter crookneck, {winter
crookneck squash}, Cucurbita moschata]
2: a squash with a hard rind and an elongated curved neck |
winter squash
(wn) | winter squash
n 1: any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and
Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds
and mature in the fall [syn: winter squash, {winter
squash plant}]
2: any of various fruits of the gourd family with thick rinds
and edible yellow to orange flesh that mature in the fall and
can be stored for several months |
winter squash plant
(wn) | winter squash plant
n 1: any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and
Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds
and mature in the fall [syn: winter squash, {winter
squash plant}] |
yellow squash
(wn) | yellow squash
n 1: any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits
with somewhat elongated necks
2: squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually
elongated neck |
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