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