Adjective pinched has 4 senses
  1. adenoidal, pinched, nasal - sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice"
    Antonyms: low, low-pitched (indirect, via high)
  2. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted - 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"
    Antonym: fat (indirect, via thin)
  3. hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched - not having enough money to pay for necessities
    Antonym: rich (indirect, via poor)
  4. pinched - as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
    Antonym:
    unconstricted (indirect, via constricted)
,Verb pinch has 5 senses
  1. 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
    Derived form: noun pinch6
    Sample sentence:
    They pinch the trees
  2. crimp, pinch - make ridges into by pinching together
    --2 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
    Derived form: noun pinch6
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
    Derived forms: noun pinch6, noun pinch5
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something ----s something
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