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pinched
(encz) | pinched,scvrklý adj: broučková |
pinched
(encz) | pinched,vyzáblý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pinched
(gcide) | Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinching.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch;
akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin.
Cf. Piece.]
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.
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2. to seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.]
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He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.
--Chapman.
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3. To plait. [Obs.]
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Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer.
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4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
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Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a
pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
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6. To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift. [Slang]
--Robert Barr.
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7. to catch; to arrest (a criminal).
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pinched
(wn) | pinched
adj 1: sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal
voice" [syn: adenoidal, pinched, nasal]
2: 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" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated,
gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
3: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: {hard
up}, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p),
penniless, penurious, pinched]
4: as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her
pointed shoes were killing her" |
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pinched
(encz) | pinched,scvrklý adj: broučkovápinched,vyzáblý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
adenoidal pinched nasal
(gcide) | high-pitched \high-pitched\ adj.
1. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices.
Opposite of low. [Narrower terms: {adenoidal, pinched,
nasal}; altissimo; alto; countertenor, alto;
falsetto; peaky, spiky; piping; shrill, sharp;
screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing;
soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor]
Syn: high.
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2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched
roof.
Syn: steeply pitched, steep.
[WordNet 1.5] high-power |
Belly-pinched
(gcide) | Belly-pinched \Bel"ly-pinched`\, a.
Pinched with hunger; starved. "The belly-pinched wolf."
--Shak.
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Bepinched
(gcide) | Bepinch \Be*pinch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bepinched.]
To pinch, or mark with pinches. --Chapman.
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pinched
(wn) | pinched
adj 1: sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal
voice" [syn: adenoidal, pinched, nasal]
2: 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" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated,
gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
3: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: {hard
up}, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p),
penniless, penurious, pinched]
4: as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her
pointed shoes were killing her" |
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