| Pinch: English to English |
| Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. |
| Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar. |
| Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. |
| Pinch (n.) Pian; pang. |
| Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. |
| Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. |
| Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. |
| Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. |
| Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. |
| Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4. |
| Pinch (v. t.) To plait. |
| Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. |