squeezedadj.
/skwiːzd/ 1. in extended use.1828 J. Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. 18/1 The squeezed sound of ee in seen.figurative.1898 Daily News 21 Feb. 4/6 British Governments..are squeezable, no doubt. But there comes a point at which even a squeezed Salisbury will turn.
a. Subjected to pressure or compression.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressed or squeezed
wrung1382
impact1563
squeezed1598
squissed1629
squized1632
impacted1683
compressed1846
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mizzi frutti, rotten, withered, bruzed or squeazed fruites, mellowe.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. i. sig. G2 Phi... A very imperfect face. Pha. Like a squeez'd Orenge, sower, sower.
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xiv. lvi. 255 This inestimable load which now Lay full and sure upon his squeased brow.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 99 More sapless than a squeez'd Limon.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 672 The theatre too small, shall suffocate Its squeezed contents.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 152 The gentleman was a little, thin, squeezed figure, with a pale peaked face.
1822 G. Canning in G. Canning & his Times 364 For fame, it is a squeezed orange; but for public good there is something to do.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxiv. 246 There are ridges of squeezed ice between us and it.
b. With adverbs, as in, out, up.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > compressing or constricting > compressed or constricted
compressedc1374
coarctate?a1475
nippit1535
comprimate?1541
coarctated1655
spanned1741
constricted1753
nipped1759
constrained1768
squeezed1831
pinched1836
scrunched1836
nipped1850
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressing to extract something > wrung or squeezed out
wringed1582
tortive1609
expresseda1682
squeezed1880
wrung1976
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > crammed or stuffed in
squeezed1889
1831 M. Edgeworth Let. 30 Apr. (1971) 533 A squeezed up poke bonnetted old mother.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. iv. 63 A short, thin, squeezed-up woman.
1880 in I. M. Tarbell Hist. Standard Oil Co. (1904) II. 325 This constitutes the only foundation for the oft-repeated expressions ‘crushed out’, ‘squeezed out’, and ‘bulldozing’.
1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xi. 132 One great, black mass of squeezed-in humanity.
1951 W. Faulkner Requiem for Nun 225 The long invincible arm of Progress..released him, not flung him away like a squeezed-out tube of paint, but rather..merely opening its fingers.
2. Extracted or obtained by pressure. Also figurative, produced with difficulty, not spontaneous.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] > having difficulty > produced with difficulty
squeezed1602
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressing to extract something > wrung or squeezed out > extracted by expressing
expressed1599
squeezed1602
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster Induct. sig. A2v Take my Snakes.., and eate, And while the squeezd iuice flowes in your blacke iawes, Helpe me to damne the Author. View more context for this quotation
1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1720) I. 471 Much more than any of those squeez'd or forced Strains of Wit that are in some Places so much in request.
1880 R. Browning Pan & Luna in Dramatic Idyls 10 Fresh-squeezed yet fast-thickening poppy-juice.
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