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Meaning of squash

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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