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pinch
has definitions from the fields of criminal law,biology,food,medicine
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[ verb ] squeeze tightly between the fingers
Examples "He pinched her behind" "She squeezed the bottle" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Pale yellow snapdragons that by pinching could be made to bite ; seed-pods of the balsams that snapped like fire-crackers at a touch ; red and yellow columbines whose round tipped spurs were picked_off and eaten for the honey in them ; morning-glory buds which could be so grasped and squeezed that they burst like a blown-up paper_bag ; bright flowers from the trumpet_vine that made `` gloves '' on the ends of ten waggling fingers . |
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[ verb ] make ridges into by pinching together
Synonyms Used in print (Ann Carnahan, Nick Manero's Cook-out Barbeque...)Place on rectangle of foil and pinch edges together tightly . Twist one strip diagonally around each skinless frankfurter , pinching dough at ends to seal it . |
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[ noun ] (medicine) an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
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[ noun ] a painful or straitened circumstance
Examples : "the pinch of the recession" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (criminal law) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Synonyms Examples "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
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