Word Finder - pinch

noun

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The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

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A close compression of anything with the fingers.

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I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.

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A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

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An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.

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A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.

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An organic herbal smoke additive.

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A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.

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The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

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An arrest.

verb

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To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

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The children were scolded for pinching each other.

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To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

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To squeeze between two objects.

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To steal, usually something inconsequential.

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Someone has pinched my handkerchief!

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To arrest or capture.

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To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

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To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.

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To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

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To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.

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To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

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To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

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to be pinched for money

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To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

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To complain or find fault.

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