Definitions
1.verbTo squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt."The children were scolded for pinching each other."
2.verbTo squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
3.verbTo squeeze between two objects.
4.verbTo steal, usually something inconsequential."Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"
5.verbTo arrest or capture.
6.verbTo cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
7.verbTo sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
8.verbTo take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
9.verbTo be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
10.verbTo seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
11.verbTo cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve."to be pinched for money"
12.verbTo move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
13.verbTo complain or find fault.
14.nounThe act of one who or that which pinches.
15.nounThe act of pinching off new growth.
16.adjectiveThat pinches, or causes such a sensation