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pinched |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pinch 3 of 4 senses of pinch Sense 1 pinch, vellicate, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch => tweak Sense 2 crimp, pinch => flute Sense 4 top pinch => tail Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pinch 3 of 4 senses of pinch Sense 1 pinch, vellicate, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch => tweak Sense 2 crimp, pinch => flute Sense 4 top pinch => tail Entailment of verb pinch Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb pinch 4 senses of pinch Sense 1 pinch, vellicate, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch => grip Sense 2 crimp, pinch => fold, fold up turn up Sense 3 pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift => steal Sense 4 top pinch => snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back Familiarity of verb pinch pinch used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pinch Sense 1 pinch, vellicate, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch => grip -------------- Sense 2 crimp, pinch => fold, fold up turn up -------------- Sense 3 pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift => steal -------------- Sense 4 top pinch => snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back -------------- Overview of verb pinch The verb pinch has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) pinch, vellicate, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch -- (squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle") 2. (2) crimp, pinch -- (make ridges into by pinching together) 3. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others) 4. top pinch -- (cut the top off "top trees and bushes") Overview of adj pinched The adj pinched has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) adenoidal, pinched, nasal -- (sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice") 2. (1) 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") 3. hard up impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched -- (not having enough money to pay for necessities) 4. pinched -- (as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her") Antonyms of adj pinched 4 senses of pinched Sense 1 adenoidal, pinched, nasal INDIRECT (VIA high) -> low low-pitched Sense 2 bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat Sense 3 hard up impecunious, in straitened circumstances(prenominal), penniless, penurious, pinched INDIRECT (VIA poor) -> rich Sense 4 pinched INDIRECT (VIA constricted) -> unconstricted Similarity of adj pinched 4 senses of pinched Sense 1 adenoidal, pinched, nasal => high (vs. low), high-pitched Sense 2 bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted => thin (vs. fat), lean Sense 3 hard up impecunious, in straitened circumstances(prenominal), penniless, penurious, pinched => poor (vs. rich) Sense 4 pinched => constricted (vs. unconstricted) Attributes of adj pinched Familiarity of adj pinched pinched used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj pinched pinched Overview of verb pinch The verb pinch has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) pinch, vellicate, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch -- (squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle") 2. (2) crimp, pinch -- (make ridges into by pinching together) 3. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others) 4. top pinch -- (cut the top off "top trees and bushes") Overview of adj pinched The adj pinched has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) adenoidal, pinched, nasal -- (sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice") 2. (1) 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") 3. hard up impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched -- (not having enough money to pay for necessities) 4. pinched -- (as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her")
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