Squashing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

2.verbTo compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.

"Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry."

3.verbTo suppress; to force into submission.

4.nounThe act by which something is squashed; a pressing.

5.adjectiveBelittling.

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