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Substantiivi
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- (slang) An arrest.
Verbi
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
- (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
- (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
- (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (obsolete) To complain or find fault.
Esimerkit
- The children were scolded for pinching each other.
- This shoe pinches my foot.
- Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.
- Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
- the wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare
- He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.
- to be pinched for money
- want of room [...] pinching a whole nation
- It took nerve and muscle both to carry the body out and down the stairs to the lower hall, but he damn well had to get it out of his place and away from his door, and any of those four could have done it in a pinch, and it sure was a pinch.
- If you pinch your pennies, soon it will add up to many dollars.
- You don’t have to get mad! All I did was give you a pinch.
- And then you add just a pinch of salt to the soup.
- This is a fine pinch you’ve gotten us into!
- You didn’t have it just before, when you went into the store! You pinched it, didn’t you?
- He pinched me!
- My glasses are pinching me.
- My glasses are pinching around the nose.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | pinched | Partisiipin perfekti | pincht |
| Imperfekti | pinched | Imperfekti | pincht |
| Partisiipin preesens | pinching | Monikko | pinches |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | pinches |
Luokat
A close compression of anything with the fingers.
A pinching gesture
(physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
Lightning discharge bolts showing electromagnetically pinched plasma filaments
(physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
A 1905 study of pinches, where electric lightning was used to create a Z-pinch inside a metal tube.