- pinch - a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"
--1 is a kind of difficulty
- pinch - an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
--2 is a kind of injury, hurt, harm, trauma
- touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon - a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
--3 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
--3 has particulars: snuff- emergency, exigency, pinch - a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
--4 is a kind of crisis
- nip, pinch - small sharp biting
--5 is a kind of bite, chomp
Derived form: verb pinch5 - pinch, tweak - a squeeze with the fingers
--6 is a kind of squeeze, squeezing
Derived forms: verb pinch5, verb pinch2, verb pinch1 - apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody - the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
--7 is a kind of capture, gaining control, seizure
- pinch - an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch - squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
--1 is one way to grip
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun pinch6
They pinch the trees
- crimp, pinch - make ridges into by pinching together
--2 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun pinch6
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift - make off with belongings of others
--3 is one way to steal
Sample sentence:
They pinch the money
- top, pinch - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"
--4 is one way to snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pinch, vellicate - irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
--5 is one way to irritate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun pinch6, noun pinch5
Something ----s
Something ----s something