| pinch | | |
| n. (state) | 1. pinch | a painful or straitened circumstance.; "the pinch of the recession" |
| ~ difficulty | a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties" |
| n. (state) | 2. pinch | an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed. |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch | a slight but appreciable amount.; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| ~ snuff | a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time. |
| n. (event) | 4. emergency, exigency, pinch | a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action.; "he never knew what to do in an emergency" |
| ~ crisis | a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something.; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better" |
| n. (act) | 5. nip, pinch | a small sharp bite or snip. |
| ~ snip, clipping, clip | the act of clipping or snipping. |
| ~ chomp, bite | the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws. |
| n. (act) | 6. pinch, tweak | a squeeze with the fingers. |
| ~ squeeze, squeezing | the act of gripping and pressing firmly.; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze" |
| n. (act) | 7. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).; "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| ~ capture, gaining control, seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property. |
| v. (contact) | 8. nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch | squeeze tightly between the fingers.; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" |
| ~ grip | hold fast or firmly.; "He gripped the steering wheel" |
| ~ goose | pinch in the buttocks.; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl" |
| ~ tweak | pinch or squeeze sharply. |
| v. (contact) | 9. crimp, pinch | make ridges into by pinching together. |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| ~ flute | form flutes in. |
| v. (possession) | 10. abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe | make off with belongings of others. |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (contact) | 11. pinch, top | cut the top off.; "top trees and bushes" |
| ~ prune, lop, snip, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.; "dress the plants in the garden" |
| ~ tail | remove the stalk of fruits or berries. |
| v. (change) | 12. pinch, vellicate | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back" |
| ~ irritate | excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus.; "irritate the glands of a leaf" |
| pick up | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. gather up, lift up, pick up | take and lift upward. |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
| v. (contact) | 2. pick up | take up by hand.; "He picked up the book and started to read" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| v. (motion) | 3. pick up | give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift.; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" |
| ~ transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| v. (possession) | 4. call for, collect, gather up, pick up | gather or collect.; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" |
| ~ get the goods | discover some bad or hidden information about.; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail" |
| ~ wise up | get wise to.; "They wised up to it" |
| ~ trip up, catch | detect a blunder or misstep.; "The reporter tripped up the senator" |
| ~ ascertain | learn or discover with certainty. |
| ~ discover, find | make a discovery.; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" |
| ~ witness, see, find | perceive or be contemporaneous with.; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" |
| v. (possession) | 6. pick up | get in addition, as an increase.; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (contact) | 7. apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up | take into custody.; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" |
| ~ clutch, prehend, seize | take hold of; grab.; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" |
| v. (possession) | 8. pick up | buy casually or spontaneously.; "I picked up some food for a snack" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ buy, purchase | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" |
| v. (perception) | 9. pick up, receive | register (perceptual input).; "pick up a signal" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ hear | receive a communication from someone.; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" |
| v. (change) | 10. pick up | lift out or reflect from a background.; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" |
| ~ set off, bring out | direct attention to, as if by means of contrast.; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" |
| v. (social) | 11. pick up | meet someone for sexual purposes.; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars" |
| ~ get together, meet | get together socially or for a specific purpose. |
| v. (emotion) | 12. elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.; "Music can uplift your spirits" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ beatify | make blessedly happy. |
| ~ puff | make proud or conceited.; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" |
| ~ beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, tickle pink, exalt, thrill | fill with sublime emotion.; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" |
| ~ joy, rejoice | feel happiness or joy. |
| v. (change) | 13. pick up, turn around | improve significantly; go from bad to good.; "Her performance in school picked up" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| v. (perception) | 14. catch, pick up | perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily.; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| v. (consumption) | 15. peck, pick up | eat by pecking at, like a bird. |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| v. (body) | 16. gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up, pick up | gain or regain energy.; "I picked up after a nap" |
| ~ convalesce, recover, recuperate | get over an illness or shock.; "The patient is recuperating" |
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