What part of speech is squashing?

Squashing can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. squashing is a verb, gerund of squash (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) squash

squash / squashes

squashed

squashed

squashing

Infinitive: (to) squash
Present: squash / squashes
Simple Past: squashed
Past Participle: (have) squashed
Gerund: squashing

What does squashing mean?

Definitions

Adjective
squashing - Belittling.
Verb
squash - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
Noun
squashing - The act by which something is squashed; a pressing.

Examples of squashing

#		Sentence
1.	verb	I cannot squash flies with my book.
2.	verb	We have squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, okra and potatoes.
3.	verb	His father found a way to squash the scandal.
4.	verb	Her father found a way to squash the scandal.
5.	verb	Just as Tom was about to post the letter into the postbox, the wind whipped it out of his hand and blew it under a passing bus, which could do nothing but drive over it with its fat tyres and squash it flat into a puddle.
6.	verb	I cannot squash flies with my book.
7.	verb	We have squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, okra and potatoes.
8.	verb	His father found a way to squash the scandal.
9.	verb	Her father found a way to squash the scandal.
10.	verb	Just as Tom was about to post the letter into the postbox, the wind whipped it out of his hand and blew it under a passing bus, which could do nothing but drive over it with its fat tyres and squash it flat into a puddle.

Sentence
verb
I cannot squash flies with my book.
We have squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, okra and potatoes.
His father found a way to squash the scandal.
Her father found a way to squash the scandal.
Just as Tom was about to post the letter into the postbox, the wind whipped it out of his hand and blew it under a passing bus, which could do nothing but drive over it with its fat tyres and squash it flat into a puddle.
I cannot squash flies with my book.
We have squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, okra and potatoes.
His father found a way to squash the scandal.
Her father found a way to squash the scandal.
Just as Tom was about to post the letter into the postbox, the wind whipped it out of his hand and blew it under a passing bus, which could do nothing but drive over it with its fat tyres and squash it flat into a puddle.

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