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noun skwɪn(t)ʃskwin(t)SH A straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure such as a dome. Example sentencesExamples - Bam provided a veritable encyclopaedia of such historic structural elements: varieties of sun-dried mud brick squinches and vaults, many with the inclined arched technique recently used by Hassan Fathy.
- They experimented with devices for the reflection and refraction of light: mosaics were placed in carefully constructed squinches and pendentifs, in curved apses, in domes; even on flat surfaces, curved setting beds were employed.
- he drum of the dome, carried by the squinches, has a series of ceramic grilled windows which allow light to filter in from above.
- First started in the tomb of Iltutmish, the weight of the dome is transferred to the square base by the same mechanism - the squinch.
- The transition to the dome is achieved with trilobed squinches at the corners, mirrored with trilobed blind arches above the side niches.
Origin Late 15th century: alteration of obsolete scunch, abbreviation of scuncheon. Rhymes cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, winch verb skwɪn(t)ʃskwin(t)SH [with object]North American 1Tense up the muscles of (one's eyes or face) Gina squinched her face up Example sentencesExamples - The light caused Clara to squinch her eyelids tight.
- ‘It'll be hard to find other good female friends as good-looking as you,’ he said and Adia squinched her nose.
- The children all squinched their eyes together tightly, forcing themselves to stay inert, struggling to focus on keeping their eyes shut.
- He didn't seem to be too keen on the idea, however, and squinched up his tiny face whenever her hand drew near.
- She squinched her eyes tight so she wouldn't cry.
- She squinched her eyes shut at this new and uncomfortable feeling.
- She looked at him inquisitively, squinching her eyes, deciding against the kick.
- She squinched up her nose and gave him that oh-you're so-adorable look.
- ‘You're looking forward to this?’ she squinched up her face.
- He squinched his eyes shut, and opened them wide, then closed them, then opened them again.
- He squinted for a better look, and the angel squinched up her blue eyes, too.
- She squinched her eyes shut, then opened them again.
- Water washed over her like a canopy as she squinched her eyes shut.
- She squinches her forehead, trying to remember.
- I refuse to try on something like that,’ she squinched her eyes closed and made a cross with her fingers and giggled.
Synonyms tighten, tauten, tense up, flex, contract, brace, stiffen - 1.1no object (of a person's eyes) narrow so as to be almost closed, typically in reaction to strong light.
he flicked on the inside light, which made my eyes squinch up Example sentencesExamples - Bob's round features squinched up as he chided, ‘You said a potty word.’
Synonyms narrow, become narrow, become narrower, become tight, become tighter, become pinched
2no object Crouch down in order to make oneself seem smaller or to occupy less space. I squinched down under the sheet Example sentencesExamples - So there was, of course, no other alternative than to hide away on a cot, squinched to the wall as far as I could go.
Origin Early 19th century: perhaps a blend of the verbs squeeze and pinch. nounskwin(t)SH A straight or arched structure across an interior angle of a square tower to carry a superstructure such as a dome. Example sentencesExamples - The transition to the dome is achieved with trilobed squinches at the corners, mirrored with trilobed blind arches above the side niches.
- They experimented with devices for the reflection and refraction of light: mosaics were placed in carefully constructed squinches and pendentifs, in curved apses, in domes; even on flat surfaces, curved setting beds were employed.
- First started in the tomb of Iltutmish, the weight of the dome is transferred to the square base by the same mechanism - the squinch.
- Bam provided a veritable encyclopaedia of such historic structural elements: varieties of sun-dried mud brick squinches and vaults, many with the inclined arched technique recently used by Hassan Fathy.
- he drum of the dome, carried by the squinches, has a series of ceramic grilled windows which allow light to filter in from above.
Origin Late 15th century: alteration of obsolete scunch, abbreviation of scuncheon. verbskwin(t)SH [with object]North American 1Tense up the muscles of (one's eyes or face) Gina squinched her face up Example sentencesExamples - Water washed over her like a canopy as she squinched her eyes shut.
- She looked at him inquisitively, squinching her eyes, deciding against the kick.
- She squinched her eyes tight so she wouldn't cry.
- He squinched his eyes shut, and opened them wide, then closed them, then opened them again.
- She squinched her eyes shut, then opened them again.
- ‘You're looking forward to this?’ she squinched up her face.
- She squinches her forehead, trying to remember.
- ‘It'll be hard to find other good female friends as good-looking as you,’ he said and Adia squinched her nose.
- The children all squinched their eyes together tightly, forcing themselves to stay inert, struggling to focus on keeping their eyes shut.
- She squinched up her nose and gave him that oh-you're so-adorable look.
- He squinted for a better look, and the angel squinched up her blue eyes, too.
- She squinched her eyes shut at this new and uncomfortable feeling.
- The light caused Clara to squinch her eyelids tight.
- He didn't seem to be too keen on the idea, however, and squinched up his tiny face whenever her hand drew near.
- I refuse to try on something like that,’ she squinched her eyes closed and made a cross with her fingers and giggled.
Synonyms tighten, tauten, tense up, flex, contract, brace, stiffen - 1.1no object (of a person's eyes) narrow so as to be almost closed, typically in reaction to strong light.
he flicked on the light, which made my eyes squinch up Example sentencesExamples - Bob's round features squinched up as he chided, ‘You said a potty word.’
Synonyms narrow, become narrow, become narrower, become tight, become tighter, become pinched - 1.2no object Crouch down in order to make oneself seem smaller or to occupy less space.
I squinched down under the sheet Example sentencesExamples - So there was, of course, no other alternative than to hide away on a cot, squinched to the wall as far as I could go.
Origin Early 19th century: perhaps a blend of the verbs squeeze and pinch. |