vverb.contactsqueeze tightly between the fingersSynset:nip pinch squeeze tweet twinge twitch
Examples:- He pinched her behind
- She squeezed the bottle
Derivationally Related Form:pinchsqueezenipper
Hypernyms:grip
Inherited Hypernyms:pinchgripseizetake
Direct Hyponyms:goosetweak
Full Troponyms:goosetweak
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the trees (apply to: pinch)
vverb.contactmake ridges into by pinching togetherSynset:crimp pinch
Derivationally Related Form:pinchcrimp
Hypernyms:fold fold up turn up
Inherited Hypernyms:crimpfoldchange surfacechange
Direct Hyponyms:flute
Full Troponyms:flute
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.possessionmake off with belongings of othersSynset:abstract cabbage filch hook lift nobble pilfer pinch purloin snarf sneak swipe
Derivationally Related Form:cabbagelifterpilfererpilferage
Hypernyms:rip rip off steal
Inherited Hypernyms:pilferstealtake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | They --- the money (apply to: pinch, sneak) | They --- the goods (apply to: hook, lift, filch, pilfer, cabbage, snarf, purloin, nobble)
vverb.contactcut the top offSynset:pinch top
Derivationally Related Form:toppertop
Hypernyms:clip crop cut back dress lop prune snip trim
Inherited Hypernyms:topsnipthin outreducedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:tail
Full Troponyms:tail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the trees (apply to: top)
vverb.changeirritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tearSynset:pinch vellicate
Examples:- smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth
- the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back
Derivationally Related Form:pinch
Hypernyms:irritate
Inherited Hypernyms:pinchirritatestimulateaffectchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allsounding as if the nose were pinchedSynset:adenoidal nasal
Antonyms:low
Derivationally Related Form:nasalnasality
Inherited Hypernyms:adenoidal
Similar to:high high-pitched
adj satadj.allvery thin especially from disease or hunger or coldSynset:cadaverous emaciated gaunt haggard skeletal wasted
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:fat
Derivationally Related Form:gauntness
Inherited Hypernyms:cadaverous
Similar to:lean thin
adj satadj.allnot having enough money to pay for necessitiesSynset:hard up impecunious in straitened circumstances penniless penurious
Antonyms:rich
Derivationally Related Form:penurypenuriousnessimpecuniousnesspennilessness
Inherited Hypernyms:hard up
Similar to:poor
adj satadj.allas if squeezed uncomfortably tightExamples:- her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
Antonyms:unconstricted
Inherited Hypernyms:pinched
Similar to:constricted