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- Dictionarypinched/pɪn(t)ʃt/
adjective
- 1. tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger: "her pinched, sallow face"
- 2. suffering from financial hardship.
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Add to word list. (of someone’s face) thin and anxious, or (of clothing) narrow: Nora was short, with a pinched face, and wore thick glasses with wire rims. Her dress was pinched at the waist. A person or organization that is pinched does not have enough money: The space program is pinched.
1. To squeeze (something) between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges. 2. To cause pain or discomfort to (a part of the body) by pressing or being too tight: These shoes pinch my toes. 3. To nip, wither, or shrivel: buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief. 4.
The meaning of PINCH is to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument. How to use pinch in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pinch.
to press something, especially someone's skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain: Ouch! Stop pinching (me)! These shoes are too tight, they pinch (my feet ). pinch yourself informal.
adjective. not having enough money to pay for necessities. synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious. poor. having little money or few possessions. adjective. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. “small pinched faces” synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted.
verb (used with object) to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like. to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters: The crowd pinched him into a corner.
Definition of pinched adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If someone's face is pinched, it looks thin and pale, usually because they are ill or old. Her face was pinched and drawn. She was a small, silent woman with pinched features and thin hair.
[intransitive, transitive] to place the thumb and a finger of one hand on the screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone or small computer and move them together or apart, to make the image on the screen appear smaller or larger. You can pinch and zoom in. see also flick, spread, tap Topics Computers c1. of a shoe.
What does the adjective pinched mean? There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective pinched, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. pinched has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
