Meaning

• A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.

• A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.

  "When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water."

• A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.

  "It's a bit of a squash in this small room."

• Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.

• Something unripe or soft.

• A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

• An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

Meaning

• To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

• To 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."

• To suppress; to force into submission.