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Word Meanings - PINCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. He pinched and

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1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. He pinched and pulled her down. Chapman. 3. To plait. Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. Chaucer. 4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. Sir W. Raleigh. 5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

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  • PINCHBECK
    An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
  • RELEASE
    To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
  • GRASP
    1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak. 2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with;
  • SQUEEZE
    1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship. 2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships,
  • PINCHFIST
    A closefisted person; a miser.
  • PINCHER
    One who, or that which, pinches.
  • SCREW-DRIVER
    A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
  • GRIPER
    One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. Burton.
  • SCREW-CUTTING
    Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
  • RELEASEMENT
    The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton.
  • SEIZER
    One who, or that which, seizes.
  • EMANCIPATE
    To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country. Brasidas .
  • CLUTCH
    The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of
  • GRASPER
    One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
  • PINCHING
    Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4. -- Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n.
  • PINCHPENNY
    A miserly person.
  • PINCH
    1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. He pinched and
  • RELEASEE
    One to whom a release is given.
  • PINCHCOCK
    A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
  • RELEASER
    One who releases, or sets free.
  • TEMPER SCREW
    1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting.
  • CORKSCREW
    An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
  • BEPINCH
    To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman.
  • DELIBERATELY
    With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.
  • BREECH PIN; BREECH SCREW
    A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.
  • DELIBERATE
    1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools."
  • UNCLUTCH
    To disengage, as a clutch. (more info) 1. To open, as something closely shut. "Unclutch his griping hand." Dr. H. More.
  • BINDING SCREW
    A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.
  • HANDYGRIPE
    Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. Hudibras.
  • CONE CLUTCH
    A friction clutch with conical bearing surfaces.
  • BED SCREW
    1. A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. 2. A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces.
  • HINDLEYS SCREW
    A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

 

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