Look up: Pinch

1. Pinch
   An approximate tiny measurement of a powdered ingredient usually obtained by picking it up with the finger and thumb.
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2. pinch
   be too tight take between the thumb and finger 
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3. Pinch
   breaking off the terminal growing point of a plant to encourage axillary buds to grow.
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4. pinch
   [n] - a painful or straitened circumstance 2. [n] - an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed 3. [n] - a squeeze with the fingers 4. [v] - squeeze tightly between the fingers 5. [v] - irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
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5. Pinch
   to point a boat so high into the wind that the sails lose power
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6. pinch
   a part of a lamp composed of a mass of glass into which the seal wire(s)are sealed Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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7. Pinch
   Pinch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pinched ; present participle & verbal noun Pinching .] [ French pincer , probably from OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to German...
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8. Pinch
   Pinch intransitive verb 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches . 2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [ Obsolete] 3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. ...
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9. Pinch
   Pinch noun 1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. 2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. 3. Pian; pang. 'Ne...
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10. Pinch
    Pinch transitive verb To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. [ Slang] Robert Barr.
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11. pinch
    tweak noun a squeeze with the fingers
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12. pinch
    noun an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
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13. Pinch
    • (v. t.) To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. • (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. • (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. • (v. i....
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14. Pinch
    to sail as close as possible towards the wind
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15. Pinch
    A compression of the walls of a vein or the roof and floor of a coal seam so as to 'squeeze' out the coal.
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16. pinch
    
    • a painful or straitened circumstance
    • an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
    • a small but appreciable amount
    • a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
    • small sharp biting
    • a squeeze with the fingers
    • the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    
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17. PINCH
    A pinch is the trifling amount you can hold between your thumb and forefinger.
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18. Pinch
    Pinch is slang for to steal.
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19. Pinch
    Pinch is slang for to steal.
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20. Pinch
    Pinch is a schoolmaster in The Comedy of Errors.
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21. pinch
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pinch Definitions: 1. occupational therapy grip between fingers at the most distal joints.
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22. pinch
    Steering a sailing boat close to the eye of the wind.
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23. PINCH
    To remove the growing tip of the plant, or cutting, to produce bushiness.
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24. Pinch
    (cooking) A `pinch` in cooking is a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt, sugar or publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictP.html |title=P |work=How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement |date=December 2003-->--> Hist...
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25. Pinch
    (plasma physics) A `pinch` is the compression of an electrically conducting filament by magnetic forces. The conductor is usually a plasma, but could also be a solid or liquid metal. In a `z-pinch`, the current is axial (in the z direction in a cylindrical coordinate system) and the ma...
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