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pinch
(pĭnch)v. pinched, pinch·ing, pinch·es
v.tr.
1. To squeeze (something) between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.
2. To cause pain or discomfort to (a part of the body) by pressing or being too tight: These shoes pinch my toes.
3. To nip, wither, or shrivel: buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief.
4. To cause to be in difficulty or financial distress: "A year and a half of the blockade has pinched Germany" (William L. Shirer).
5. Slang To take (money or property) wrongfully. See Synonyms at steal.
6. Slang To take into custody; arrest.
7. To move (something) with a pinch bar.
8. Nautical To sail (a boat) so close into the wind that its sails shiver and its speed is reduced.
v.intr.
1. To press, squeeze, or bind painfully: This collar pinches.
2. To draw a thumb and a finger together on a touchscreen to cause the image to become smaller.
3. To be frugal or miserly: If we pinch, we might save some money.
4. Nautical To drag an oar at the end of a stroke.
n.
1. The act or an instance of pinching.
2. An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt.
3. Difficulty or hardship: felt the pinch of the recession.
4. An emergency situation: This coat will do in a pinch.
5. A narrowing of a mineral deposit, as in a mine.
6. Informal A theft.
7. Slang An arrest by a law enforcement officer.
adj. Baseball
Idiom: Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners: a pinch single; a pinch steal of third base.
pinch pennies Informal
To be thrifty or miserly.
[Middle English pinchen, from Old North French *pinchier, variant of Old French pincer; akin to Italian pinzare, to sting, and Spanish pinchar, to prick, sting, all derived from a Romance imitative root pints- expressive of pinching or pricking.]
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pinched
(pɪntʃt)adj
(of someone's face) thin and pale, usually because of illness or old agedeprived
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| Adj. | 1. | pinched - sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice" high-pitched, high - used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency |
| 2. | pinched - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" | |
| 3. | pinched - not having enough money to pay for necessities poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" | |
| 4. | pinched - as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her" constricted - drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life" |
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pinched
adjective thin, starved, worn, drawn, gaunt, haggard, careworn, peaky a small, thin woman with pinched features
fat, healthy, glowing, blooming, plump, radiant, chubby, ruddy, well-fed, hale and hearty
fat, healthy, glowing, blooming, plump, radiant, chubby, ruddy, well-fed, hale and hearty
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Translations
مَقْروص، مَلْسوع، مُصاب
ztrhaný
hærgetudmagret
elgyötört
sem setur mark sitt á andlit
strhaný
solmuşsüzülmüş
pinched
[ˈpɪntʃt] ADJ1. (= drawn) to look pinched → tener un aspecto demacrado
to be pinched with cold → estar aterido de frío
to be pinched with cold → estar aterido de frío
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pinched
[ˈpɪntʃt] adjCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pinched
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pinched
[ˈpɪntʃt] adj (face) → dai lineamenti tiratipinched with cold → raggrinzito/a dal freddo
pinched with hunger → scavato/a dalla fame
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pinch
(pintʃ) verb1. to squeeze or press tightly (flesh), especially between the thumb and forefinger. He pinched her arm.
2. to hurt by being too small or tight. My new shoes are pinching (me).
3. to steal. Who pinched my bicycle?
noun1. an act of pinching; a squeeze or nip. He gave her a pinch on the cheek.
2. a very small amount; what can be held between the thumb and forefinger. a pinch of salt.
pinched adjective (of a person's face) looking cold, pale or thin because of cold, poverty etc. Her face was pinched with cold.
feel the pinch to be in difficulty because of lack of money.
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