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# squish

«squish» in Mova's school dictionary: **To squash something soft, so it gets flat or out of shape** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (squish, squishes, squished, squishing); noun (a squish); interjection (squish!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) To squash something soft, so it gets flat or out of shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#m1)

2) To make a soft wet sound, as when walking in mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#m2)

3) (noun) The sound or feeling of something soft being squashed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday play and stories: squish a bug, squish clay, mud squishing under boots. In science play, pupils squish dough or slime to feel how materials change shape. Phrases: squish up (make room on a seat), squishy (soft).

### examples

- Don't squish the tomatoes in the bag! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#x1)
- My boots squished in the mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#x2)
- The clay squished between my fingers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#x3)
- Squish up so I can sit down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#x4)
- I accidentally squished a spider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#x5)
- The cake got squished in my backpack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/#x6)

### note

Informal word; the formal word is squash or crush. Squishy means soft and easily squashed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «squish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.