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1.nounThe action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
2.nounA close compression of anything with the fingers."I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture."
3.nounA small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
4.nounAn awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
5.nounA metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
6.nounAn organic herbal smoke additive.
7.nounA magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
8.nounThe narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
9.nounAn arrest.
10.verbTo squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt."The children were scolded for pinching each other."
11.verbTo squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
12.verbTo squeeze between two objects.
13.verbTo steal, usually something inconsequential."Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"
14.verbTo arrest or capture.
15.verbTo cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
16.verbTo sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
17.verbTo take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
18.verbTo be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
19.verbTo seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
20.verbTo cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve."to be pinched for money"
21.verbTo move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
22.verbTo complain or find fault.