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• 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 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

• squirrel away — PHRASAL VERB If you squirrel things away, you hide or store them so that you can use them in the future. [V n P] She says the kid s been squirrelling money away like there s no tomorrow... [V P n (not pron)] Arlott squirrelled away books,… …   English dictionary

• squirrel away — hoard, gather for use in a time of need (money, food, etc.) …   English contemporary 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 — 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 — squirrelish, squirrellike, adj. /skwerr euhl, skwur / or, esp. Brit., /skwir euhl/, n., pl. squirrels, (esp. collectively) squirrel, v., squirreled, squirreling or (esp. Brit.) squirrelled, squirrelling. n. 1. any of numerous arboreal, bushy… …   Universalium

• squirrel something away — SAVE, put aside, put by, lay by, set aside, lay aside, keep in reserve, stockpile, accumulate, stock up with/on, hoard; informal salt away, stash away. → squirrel * * * ˌsquirrel sthaˈway derived to hide or store sth so that it can be used later… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 — 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 — 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