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squashed

squashed

3.3
Crushed or pressed so it becomes flat and loses its shape
  • adjective
  • /skwɑʃt/
translation icon : aplastado
  • The box was squashed during shipping and now has a flat bottom.

But I actually like that look for my little kind of squashed in nose situation.

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Examples

  • After falling off the table, the cake was badly squashed and no longer looked appetizing.

  • He accidentally squashed the sandwich in his bag, making it hard to eat.

  • However, the spring is squashed or stretched, all right.

  • So if you imagine a doughnut squashed in the middle or Simply put the shape of the red blood cells hat.

  • The pink dot is the actual moon and it's traces out an orbit which is like a squashed off center circle.

  • Before the circle got squashed, and so this used to be Theta, but it's now gotten decreased.

  • Will we create our own paths that are capable of saving whatever is collapsing, or will we be squashed by the debris?

Synonyms

compressed
vssquashed
1 3.7

Pressed firmly together or made smaller to save space

focuses on reducing volume rather than changing external shape
flattened
vssquashed
2.8

Made flat or more level than before

is caused by force that distorts overall shape rather than only making even height
to mushed up
vssquashed
4.8

To press something until soft, like bananas or cake

is more about force that deforms shape rather than producing soft texture
crumpled
vssquashed
3.5

Pressed so it has many small folds or is bent out of shape

involves bending into folds instead of losing form by heavy pressure

Antonyms

to inflate
44 2.9

To fill something with air so it becomes larger and round

How Flattened

pulverized
  • US
5.4
squashed
3.3
pressed
1.0
dented
2 1.8

Surface Forms

squashed positive

Morphology

squashed = squash (transparent) = squash + ed

Regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'squash'; meaning is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

The word squashed comes from the verb squash, which is a sound-like word that copies the soft, wet noise of something being crushed, so think of stepping on a ripe tomato. So, squashed means 'crushed or pressed with force so as to lose shape or be flattened'.