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squirrel (verb)

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  • squirrel — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ grey/gray, red SQUIRREL + VERB ▪ dart, scamper, scurry ▪ The squirrel scampered across the lawn …   Collocations dictionary

  • squirrel — noun an agile tree dwelling rodent with a bushy tail, typically feeding on nuts and seeds. [Sciurus and other genera: numerous species.] ↘used in names of other rodents of the same family (Sciuridae), e.g. ground squirrel. verb (squirrels,… …   English new terms dictionary

  • squirrel away — verb save up as for future use • Syn: ↑hoard, ↑stash, ↑cache, ↑lay away, ↑hive up • Derivationally related forms: ↑cache (for: ↑cache), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • squirrel — early 14c., from Anglo Fr. esquirel, O.Fr. escurel (Fr. écureuil), from V.L. *scuriolus, dim. of *scurius squirrel, variant of L. sciurus, from Gk. skiouros a squirrel, lit. shadow tailed, from skia shadow (see SHINE (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • squirrel — ► NOUN ▪ an agile tree dwelling rodent with a bushy tail, typically feeding on nuts and seeds. ► VERB (squirrelled, squirrelling; US also squirreled, squirreling) 1) (squirrel away) hide (money or valuables) in a safe place. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • squirrel away — verb To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply, so as to …   Wiktionary

  • squirrel — I. noun (plural squirrels; also squirrel) Etymology: Middle English squirel, from Anglo French escurel, esquirel, from Vulgar Latin *scuriolus, diminutive of scurius, alteration of Latin sciurus, from Greek skiouros, probably from skia shadow +… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • squirrel — I UK [ˈskwɪrəl] / US noun [countable] Word forms squirrel : singular squirrel plural squirrels a grey or red brown animal with a long thick tail that lives in trees II UK [ˈskwɪrəl] / US verb Word forms squirrel : present tense I/you/we/they… …   English dictionary

  • squirrel — squir|rel1 [ skwırəl ] noun count a gray or red brown animal with a long thick tail that lives in trees squirrel squir|rel 2 [ skwırəl ] verb ,squirrel a way phrasal verb transitive to put something away in a secret place, especially money …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • squirrel — I. /ˈskwɪrəl / (say skwiruhl) noun 1. any of the arboreal, bushy tailed rodents constituting the genus Sciurus (family Sciuridae), as the red squirrel, S. vulgaris, of Europe (including Britain) and Asia, and the grey squirrel, S. carolinensis,… …  

  • squirrel away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms squirrel away : present tense I/you/we/they squirrel away he/she/it squirrels away present participle squirrelling away past tense squirrelled away past participle squirrelled away to put something away in a… …   English dictionary

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