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# squelch

verb (squelch, squelches, squelched, squelching); noun (a squelch)

«squelch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To squelch is to walk through soft, wet mud so that it makes a loud sucking sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squelch/#m1)
2. A squelch is that sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squelch/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales a traveller or animal wades through mud, and the squelching sound shows how deep and wet the ground is

### Examples

- My boots squelched in the mud after the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squelch/#x1)
- The cow squelched across the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squelch/#x2)
- We heard a loud squelch as Dad stepped in the puddle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squelch/#x3)
- The muddy path squelched under our feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squelch/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «squelch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squelch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«squelch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/squelch.html) on Mova free.