pinch

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Synonyms: pitch, cinch, punch, finch, winch, inch, pince, ginch, pilch, binch, minch

Antonyms: pitch, cinch, punch, finch, winch, inch, pince, ginch, pilch, binch, minch

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Verb

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.
{{lb|en|intransitive}} Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
{{lb|en|slang|transitive}} To [[steal]], usually something [[inconsequential]].
{{lb|en|slang|transitive}} To [[arrest]] or [[capture]].
{{lb|en|horticulture}} To cut [[shoot|shoots]] or [[bud|buds]] of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
{{lb|en|nautical}} To [[sail]] so [[close-hauled]] that the sails begin to flutter.
{{lb|en|hunting}} To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
{{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To be [[stingy]] or [[covetous]]; to live sparingly.
{{lb|en|of animals}} To [[seize]]; to [[grip]]; to [[bite]].
{{lb|en|figurative}} To cramp; to straiten; to [[oppress]]; to [[starve]].

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.
{{senseid|en|small amount}}A small amount of [[powder]] or [[granule]]s, 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.
{{lb|en|physics}} A [[magnetic]] [[compression]] of an [[electrically]] [[conducting]] [[filament]].
{{senseid|en|hourglass}} The [[narrow]] part connecting the two [[bulb]]s of an [[hourglass]].
{{lb|en|slang}} An [[arrest]].
{{lb|en|AU|NZ}} A [[steep]] [[incline]]; a very steep section of [[road]].

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