Proficiency: GOLD UNIT 9 VOCABULARY 09

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squash      

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If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape.

   Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car.

   Whole neighbourhoods have been squashed flat by shelling.

   She made clay models and squashed them flat again.

VB  

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If people or things are squashed into a place, they are put or pushed into a place where there is not enough room for them to be.

   There were 2000 people squashed into her recent show.

   The stage is squashed into a small corner of the field.

ADJ: v-link ADJ into n  

= cram  

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If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squash, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. (INFORMAL)

   It all looked a bit of a squash as they squeezed inside the small hatchback.

N-SING: a N  

= squeeze  

    4 squash   squashes   squashing   squashed  

If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force.

   The troops would stay in position to squash the first murmur of trouble.

VB  

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Squash is a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets.

N-UNCOUNT  

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Squash is a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water. Squash is sold in bottles in a concentrated form to which you add water. (BRIT)

   ...a glass of orange squash.

N-MASS  

= cordial  

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A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside.

N-VAR  

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