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clamping down
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squeezing
collapse
related words >
abuse of terms
,
catachresis
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
compression
,
concentration
,
contorting
,
crush
,
decoction
,
distillation
,
distortion
,
eisegesis
,
error
,
expression
,
garbling
,
gloss
,
infusion
,
malentendu
,
malobservation
,
misapplication
,
misapprehension
,
miscitation
,
misconception
,
misconstruction
,
misexplanation
,
misexplication
,
misexposition
,
misintelligence
,
misinterpretation
,
misjudgment
,
misquotation
,
misreading
,
misrendering
,
mistranslation
,
misunderstanding
,
misuse of words
,
nip
,
perversion
,
pinch
,
press
,
pressing
,
pressure
,
rendering
,
rendition
,
soaking
,
squeeze
,
steeping
,
tightening
,
torturing
,
tweak
,
twisting
,
wrenching
tightening
collapse
the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"
related words >
accelerando
,
acceleration
,
aggravation
,
beefing-up
,
blowing up
,
blowup
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
compression
,
concentration
,
condensation
,
consolidation
,
crescendoing
,
crescent
,
crush
,
deepening
,
enhancement
,
exacerbation
,
exaggeration
,
expanding
,
explosion
,
growing
,
heating-up
,
heightening
,
increasing
,
incremental
,
information explosion
,
intensification
,
intensifying
,
lengthening
,
magnification
,
multiplying
,
nip
,
on the increase
,
pickup
,
pinch
,
population explosion
,
press
,
pressure
,
proliferating
,
redoubling
,
reinforcement
,
snowballing
,
speedup
,
spreading
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
step-up
,
strengthening
,
swelling
,
tweak
,
waxing
compression
collapse
applying pressure
encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
related words >
abbreviation
,
abridgment
,
abstract
,
agglutination
,
apocope
,
astriction
,
astringency
,
bottleneck
,
cervix
,
circumscription
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
clumping
,
clustering
,
coarctation
,
compactedness
,
compaction
,
compressure
,
concentration
,
concretion
,
condensation
,
consolidation
,
conspectus
,
constriction
,
constringency
,
contraction
,
contracture
,
crush
,
curtailment
,
decrease
,
densification
,
diminuendo
,
elision
,
ellipsis
,
epitome
,
foreshortening
,
hardening
,
hourglass
,
hourglass figure
,
isthmus
,
knitting
,
narrow place
,
narrowing
,
neck
,
nip
,
pinch
,
precis
,
press
,
pressure
,
puckering
,
pursing
,
recap
,
recapitulation
,
reduction
,
retrenchment
,
shortening
,
solidification
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
stranglement
,
strangulation
,
striction
,
stricture
,
summary
,
summation
,
syncope
,
synopsis
,
systole
,
telescoping
,
tightening
,
truncation
,
tweak
,
wasp waist
,
wrinkling
tweak
collapse
pinch or squeeze sharply
related words >
acute pain
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
bite
,
bob
,
boring pain
,
burn
,
chafe
,
charley horse
,
clamp
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
compress
,
compression
,
convulse
,
cramp
,
cramps
,
crick
,
crucify
,
crush
,
cut
,
darting pain
,
distress
,
ensphere
,
excruciate
,
fester
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
flounce
,
fret
,
fulgurant pain
,
gall
,
girdle pain
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
gnawing
,
grate
,
grind
,
grip
,
gripe
,
griping
,
harrow
,
hitch
,
hurt
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigger
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jumping pain
,
kill by inches
,
kink
,
lacerate
,
lancinating pain
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
nip
,
pain
,
pang
,
paroxysm
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
pluck
,
press
,
pressure
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
rub
,
seizure
,
sharp pain
,
shoot
,
shooting
,
shooting pain
,
snake
,
snatch
,
spasm
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
stab
,
stabbing pain
,
start
,
sting
,
stitch
,
sudden pull
,
thrill
,
throes
,
tighten
,
tightening
,
tormen
,
torment
,
torture
,
twinge
,
twist
,
twitch
,
wad up
,
wound
,
wrench
,
wring
,
yank
,
yerk
squeeze
collapse
the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"
the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"
a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"
(slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze"
a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"
press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"
related words >
arrest
,
arrestation
,
arrestment
,
badger
,
bar
,
barricade
,
bear
,
bear against
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear hard upon
,
bear hug
,
bind
,
blackmail
,
bleed
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
blocking
,
bolt
,
boodle
,
booty
,
bosom
,
broad
,
check
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
clasp
,
clench
,
clinch
,
clip
,
clogging
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
closing up
,
closure
,
clutch
,
compact
,
complication
,
compress
,
compression
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
congest
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constriction
,
contort
,
contract
,
cram
,
cramp
,
crowd
,
crunch
,
crush
,
debar
,
decoct
,
delay
,
densen
,
densify
,
detainment
,
detention
,
distill
,
distort
,
dog
,
doxy
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
embosom
,
embrace
,
enfold
,
enfoldment
,
ensphere
,
essentialize
,
exact
,
express
,
extort
,
extract
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
fixation
,
fold
,
foot-dragging
,
force
,
force from
,
garble
,
get by
,
get one wrong
,
get through
,
get wrong
,
gloss
,
gouge
,
graft
,
grip
,
hampering
,
haul
,
hell to pay
,
high-pressure
,
hindering
,
hindrance
,
hobble
,
hold
,
holdback
,
holdup
,
hot goods
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
hug
,
imbroglio
,
impediment
,
influence
,
infuse
,
inhibition
,
interference
,
interruption
,
jam
,
lean on
,
let
,
levy blackmail
,
lock
,
loot
,
melt down
,
mess
,
milk
,
misapply
,
misapprehend
,
miscite
,
misconceive
,
misconstrue
,
misdeem
,
misexplain
,
misexplicate
,
misexpound
,
misinterpret
,
misjudge
,
misquote
,
misread
,
misrender
,
mistake
,
mistranslate
,
mistress
,
misunderstand
,
mix
,
moll
,
morass
,
negativism
,
nip
,
nuisance value
,
obstruct
,
obstruction
,
obstructionism
,
occlude
,
occlusion
,
opposition
,
pack
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
perks
,
perquisite
,
pervert
,
pickings
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
plunder
,
pork barrel
,
predicament
,
press
,
press out
,
pressure
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
prize
,
pry loose from
,
pry out
,
public till
,
public trough
,
push
,
put pressure on
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
ram
,
ram down
,
refine
,
rend
,
rend from
,
render
,
repression
,
resistance
,
restraint
,
restriction
,
retardation
,
retardment
,
rip
,
rip from
,
scrape
,
screw
,
setback
,
shake
,
shake down
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut tight
,
slough
,
snatch from
,
soak
,
solidify
,
spoil
,
spoils
,
spoils of office
,
spot
,
squab
,
squash
,
squeak by
,
squeak through
,
squeeze shut
,
squeezing
,
squish
,
stealings
,
steep
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
stifle
,
stolen goods
,
stop up
,
strain the sense
,
strait
,
straits
,
strangle
,
stranglehold
,
strangulate
,
stricture
,
stuff
,
suffocate
,
suppression
,
swag
,
swamp
,
sweetheart
,
sweetie
,
take
,
tear
,
tear from
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tighten
,
tightening
,
tightrope
,
till
,
torture
,
tricky spot
,
tweak
,
twist the words
,
unholy mess
,
urge
,
wad up
,
wedge
,
wrench
,
wrench from
,
wrest
,
wring
,
wring from
,
wring out
pressure
collapse
a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
related words >
abetment
,
adverse circumstances
,
adversity
,
advocate
,
affliction
,
aggravation
,
albatross
,
annoyance
,
apply pressure
,
argumentum baculinum
,
ascendancy
,
authority
,
bale
,
bear against
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear hard upon
,
bearing
,
beset
,
besiege
,
blandish
,
blandishment
,
blight
,
boost
,
bug
,
bummer
,
bump
,
bunt
,
burden
,
burdening
,
burthen
,
butt
,
buttonhole
,
buttonholing
,
cajole
,
cajolement
,
cajolery
,
call on
,
call upon
,
care
,
caressing
,
cargo
,
case of need
,
charge
,
charging
,
charisma
,
charm
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
clout
,
clutch
,
coax
,
coaxing
,
coerce
,
coercion
,
compel
,
compression
,
compulsion
,
consequence
,
constrain
,
constraint
,
constraints
,
control
,
credit
,
crisis
,
cross
,
crunch
,
crush
,
crushing
,
cumber
,
cumbrance
,
curse
,
deadweight
,
demand
,
demandingness
,
demands
,
difficulties
,
difficulty
,
dig
,
dire necessity
,
distress
,
dominance
,
domination
,
downer
,
drag
,
drive
,
dun
,
dunning
,
duress
,
effect
,
emergency
,
eminence
,
enchantment
,
encouragement
,
encumbrance
,
esteem
,
exert pressure
,
exhort
,
exigence
,
exigencies
,
exigency
,
favor
,
feeling
,
fingering
,
force
,
freight
,
friction
,
frottage
,
goading
,
good feeling
,
greatness
,
handicap
,
handling
,
hard knocks
,
hard life
,
hard lot
,
hardcase
,
hardship
,
head
,
high pressure
,
high-pressure
,
hold
,
hustle
,
immediacy
,
impel
,
imperative
,
imperativeness
,
importance
,
importunacy
,
importunateness
,
importune
,
importunity
,
impulse
,
impulsion
,
incidental power
,
incubus
,
incumbency
,
inducement
,
influence
,
influentiality
,
influentialness
,
insinuation
,
insist
,
insist on
,
insist upon
,
insistence
,
instance
,
intimidate
,
intimidation
,
irritation
,
jab
,
jawbone
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
lading
,
leadership
,
lean on
,
leverage
,
load
,
loading
,
lobby
,
magnetism
,
make
,
manipulation
,
mastery
,
matter of necessity
,
mental strain
,
millstone
,
moment
,
nag
,
nag at
,
nagging
,
needling
,
nervous strain
,
nervous tension
,
nip
,
nudge
,
oppression
,
overload
,
overtaxing
,
overweighting
,
palpation
,
persistence
,
personality
,
persuade
,
persuasion
,
pertinaciousness
,
pertinacity
,
pester
,
pestering
,
petting
,
pinch
,
plague
,
plaguing
,
plead with
,
plight
,
ply
,
plying
,
poke
,
potency
,
power
,
precedence
,
predicament
,
predominance
,
preponderance
,
press
,
pressing
,
pressingness
,
prestige
,
prevail on
,
prevail upon
,
pricking
,
priority
,
problems
,
prod
,
prodding
,
prominence
,
punch
,
purchase
,
push
,
put pressure on
,
rank
,
rash impulse
,
recommend
,
reign
,
repute
,
require
,
rigor
,
rubbing
,
rule
,
rush
,
saddling
,
say
,
sea of troubles
,
seniority
,
shove
,
soft-soap
,
spurring
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
stature
,
strain
,
straits
,
strength
,
stress
,
stress and strain
,
stress of life
,
stroking
,
strong-arm tactics
,
suasion
,
subtle influence
,
suggestion
,
superincumbency
,
supremacy
,
surcharge
,
sway
,
sweet-talk
,
tautness
,
taxing
,
tease
,
teasing
,
tenseness
,
tension
,
the big stick
,
the bludgeon
,
the club
,
the jackboot
,
the mailed fist
,
the strong arm
,
the sword
,
thrust
,
tightening
,
torque
,
torsion
,
touching
,
trial
,
tribulation
,
trouble
,
troubles
,
tweak
,
upper hand
,
urge
,
urgency
,
urgent need
,
urging
,
vale of tears
,
vexation
,
vicissitude
,
violence
,
weight
,
weightiness
,
wheedle
,
wheedling
,
whip hand
,
work on
crush
collapse
the act of crushing
a dense crowd of people
break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"
humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
related words >
abase
,
abash
,
abolish
,
abrade
,
affection
,
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
anguish
,
annihilate
,
answer
,
answer conclusively
,
argue down
,
army
,
asphyxiate
,
atomize
,
batter
,
bear
,
bear down
,
beat
,
beat down
,
bellyful
,
beloved
,
beloved object
,
bend
,
blot out
,
bottle up
,
bray
,
break
,
break down
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
brecciate
,
bring down
,
bring low
,
bring to tears
,
bring to terms
,
bruise
,
buck
,
bumper
,
butter
,
calf love
,
capacity
,
case
,
cataplasm
,
censor
,
charge
,
chew
,
choke off
,
clamp
,
clamp down on
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
cluster
,
cohue
,
comminute
,
complement
,
compress
,
compression
,
confound
,
confute
,
conquer
,
contradict
,
contriturate
,
controvert
,
contuse
,
cork
,
cork up
,
crack down on
,
cram
,
crash
,
crease
,
crinkle
,
crowd
,
crumb
,
crumble
,
crumple
,
crunch
,
cut to pieces
,
cut up
,
damp down
,
darling
,
dash
,
dear
,
dear one
,
dearly beloved
,
debase
,
defeat
,
degrade
,
deluge
,
demean
,
demolish
,
demoralize
,
dental pulp
,
deny
,
depress
,
desolate
,
destroy
,
devastate
,
diffuse
,
diminish
,
disgrace
,
disintegrate
,
dismiss
,
disperse
,
dispose of
,
disrupt
,
draw tears
,
drove
,
drown
,
dump
,
dump on
,
embarrass
,
embitter
,
ensphere
,
express
,
extinguish
,
fell
,
fill
,
finish
,
fission
,
flatten
,
flock
,
flood
,
floor
,
flour
,
fondness
,
fragment
,
full house
,
full measure
,
gag
,
galaxy
,
grain
,
granulate
,
granulize
,
grate
,
grieve
,
grind
,
grind to powder
,
gust
,
gusto
,
heap
,
hold down
,
horde
,
host
,
humble
,
humiliate
,
infatuation
,
inundate
,
jam
,
jam up
,
jump on
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kill
,
knock down
,
lading
,
legion
,
levigate
,
light of love
,
likes
,
liking
,
load
,
love
,
loved one
,
lower
,
macerate
,
maim
,
make mincemeat of
,
mangle
,
mash
,
mass
,
master
,
masticate
,
mill
,
mince
,
mob
,
mortify
,
mouthful
,
multitude
,
mush
,
muzzle
,
nip
,
nonplus
,
obliterate
,
oppress
,
overcome
,
overmaster
,
overpower
,
override
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
panoply
,
paper pulp
,
parry
,
pash
,
passing fancy
,
passion
,
paste
,
pestle
,
pinch
,
pith
,
plaster
,
porridge
,
poultice
,
pound
,
pour water on
,
powder
,
press
,
pressure
,
prostrate
,
psych out
,
pudding
,
pulp
,
pulp lead
,
pulpify
,
pulpwood
,
pulverize
,
puppy love
,
push
,
put down
,
put to silence
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
rabble
,
rag pulp
,
rebut
,
reduce
,
reduce to powder
,
reduce to silence
,
refute
,
relish
,
repress
,
ride down
,
rout
,
ruck
,
ruin
,
rumple
,
sauce
,
scatter
,
scrunch
,
set down
,
settle
,
shake
,
shame
,
shard
,
shatter
,
shiver
,
shred
,
shut down on
,
shut up
,
silence
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
skinful
,
smash
,
smash all opposition
,
smash up
,
smother
,
snootful
,
sorrow
,
spate
,
splinter
,
sponge
,
squab
,
squash
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
squelch
,
squish
,
stanch
,
stifle
,
strangle
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
subvert
,
suffocate
,
sulfate pulp
,
sulfite pulp
,
suppress
,
take down
,
taste
,
thrash
,
throng
,
throttle
,
tighten
,
tightening
,
torment
,
trample down
,
trample underfoot
,
tread underfoot
,
trip up
,
triturate
,
truelove
,
tweak
,
tyrannize
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
undo
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstring
,
upset
,
vanquish
,
wad up
,
weakness
,
well-beloved
,
white lead
,
wood pulp
,
wreck
,
wrinkle
pinch
collapse
a squeeze with the fingers
an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"
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"
squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
related words >
abstract
,
ace
,
acute pain
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
alternate
,
alternative
,
and
,
annex
,
apprehend
,
apprehension
,
approach
,
appropriate
,
arrest
,
arrestation
,
arrestment
,
atom
,
backup
,
bag
,
bare cupboard
,
bare subsistence
,
beat
,
beat to windward
,
beggarliness
,
beggary
,
begrudge
,
bind
,
bit
,
bite
,
boost
,
boring pain
,
borrow
,
breakers ahead
,
burglary
,
burn
,
bust
,
caper
,
capture
,
cardhouse
,
catch
,
cause for alarm
,
center
,
centralize
,
chafe
,
charley horse
,
clamp
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
climacteric
,
close
,
close in
,
close up
,
close with
,
close-haul
,
clutch
,
collar
,
come together
,
complication
,
compress
,
compression
,
compulsion
,
concenter
,
concentralize
,
concentrate
,
confine
,
constraint
,
contingency
,
converge
,
convergence of events
,
convulse
,
cop
,
counterfeit
,
cramp
,
cramps
,
crib
,
crick
,
crisis
,
critical juncture
,
critical point
,
crossroads
,
crucial period
,
crucify
,
crunch
,
crush
,
crux
,
cubby
,
cubbyhole
,
cut
,
dab
,
danger
,
dangerous ground
,
darting pain
,
defraud
,
deprivation
,
destitution
,
difficulty
,
dilemma
,
distress
,
doghouse
,
dole
,
dot
,
dram
,
dribble
,
driblet
,
drive
,
dummy
,
dwarf
,
economize
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
embezzle
,
emergency
,
empty purse
,
endangerment
,
ensphere
,
equivalent
,
ersatz
,
exact
,
excruciate
,
exigency
,
extort
,
extremity
,
fake
,
fall in with
,
famish
,
farthing
,
fester
,
filch
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
fleck
,
flyspeck
,
fragment
,
fret
,
fulgurant pain
,
funnel
,
gall
,
gaping chasm
,
gathering clouds
,
girdle pain
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
gnawing
,
gobbet
,
gouge
,
grab
,
grain
,
granule
,
grasp
,
grate
,
grind
,
grinding poverty
,
grip
,
gripe
,
griping
,
groat
,
grudge
,
hair
,
hand-to-mouth existence
,
handful
,
harrow
,
hazard
,
heist
,
hell to pay
,
high pressure
,
hinge
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hole
,
homelessness
,
hook
,
hot water
,
house of cards
,
how-do-you-do
,
hurt
,
imbroglio
,
imitation
,
imperativeness
,
imperilment
,
impoverishment
,
impulse
,
impulsion
,
indigence
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
intersect
,
iota
,
irritate
,
jam
,
jeopardy
,
job
,
joker
,
jot
,
jumping pain
,
kill by inches
,
kink
,
knock off
,
lacerate
,
lack
,
lancinating pain
,
lift
,
little
,
little bit
,
live upon nothing
,
luff
,
luff up
,
make a pinch
,
make off with
,
makeshift
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
meet
,
menace
,
mendicancy
,
mess
,
minim
,
minimum
,
minutiae
,
mite
,
mix
,
mock
,
modicum
,
molecule
,
moneylessness
,
morass
,
mote
,
nab
,
narrow the gap
,
necessitousness
,
necessity
,
need
,
neediness
,
netting
,
nick
,
nip
,
nutshell
,
ounce
,
pain
,
palm
,
pang
,
parlous straits
,
paroxysm
,
particle
,
pass
,
pauperism
,
pauperization
,
pebble
,
penury
,
peril
,
phony
,
pickle
,
pickup
,
pierce
,
pigeonhole
,
pilfer
,
pinch pennies
,
pittance
,
playhouse
,
plight
,
ply
,
poach
,
point
,
predicament
,
press
,
pressure
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
prick
,
privation
,
prolong the agony
,
provisional
,
proxy
,
pull in
,
purloin
,
push
,
put to torture
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rash impulse
,
rasp
,
reserve
,
rip-off
,
risk
,
rob
,
robbery
,
rocks ahead
,
rub
,
run away with
,
run in
,
run together
,
rustle
,
sail fine
,
save
,
scamp
,
scant
,
scrape
,
screw
,
scrimp
,
scrounge
,
scruple
,
secondary
,
seizure
,
shake
,
sharp pain
,
shoot
,
shooting
,
shooting pain
,
shoplift
,
skimp
,
slough
,
smidgen
,
smidgin
,
smitch
,
snag
,
snare
,
snatch
,
snitch
,
soupcon
,
spare
,
spasm
,
speck
,
spoonful
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
stab
,
stabbing pain
,
starve
,
steal
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
sting
,
stint
,
stitch
,
stopgap
,
storm clouds
,
strait
,
straits
,
stress
,
substitute
,
swamp
,
swindle
,
swipe
,
tad
,
take
,
take into custody
,
taper
,
taste
,
temporary
,
tension
,
tentative
,
theft
,
thieve
,
thimbleful
,
thin ice
,
threat
,
thrill
,
throes
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tighten
,
tightening
,
tightrope
,
tiny bit
,
tittle
,
tormen
,
torment
,
torture
,
touch
,
touch the wind
,
tricky spot
,
trifling amount
,
trivia
,
turn
,
turning
,
turning point
,
tweak
,
twinge
,
twist
,
twitch
,
unholy mess
,
unite
,
urge
,
urgency
,
utility
,
vicarious
,
wad up
,
walk off with
,
want
,
whit
,
wound
,
wrench
,
wring
press
collapse
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
a machine used for printing
clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines
newspaper writers and photographers
place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; "pressed flowers"
exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
press from a plastic; "press a record"
create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
related words >
AP
,
Associated Press
,
Fleet Street
,
Reuters
,
UPI
,
United Press International
,
accelerate
,
advice
,
adviser
,
advocate
,
annex
,
announcer
,
annunciator
,
apply pressure
,
army
,
ask
,
aspirator
,
assault
,
assemble
,
assert
,
attach
,
authority
,
bear
,
bear against
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear hard upon
,
bear on
,
bear upon
,
bearing
,
bed
,
beg
,
beseech
,
beset
,
besiege
,
blandish
,
book publishing
,
boost
,
bosom
,
broadcast journalism
,
broadcasting
,
brook no denial
,
buck
,
bug
,
bull
,
bulldoze
,
bump
,
bump against
,
bundle
,
bunt
,
bustle
,
butt
,
butt against
,
buttonhole
,
cajole
,
calender
,
call
,
call on
,
call up
,
call upon
,
call-up
,
channel
,
clamp
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
clasp
,
cleave to
,
clinch
,
clip
,
cluster
,
clutch
,
coax
,
cohue
,
collect
,
collectivize
,
commandeer
,
communalize
,
communicant
,
communications
,
communications industry
,
communicator
,
communize
,
compact
,
compel
,
composing room
,
compress
,
compression
,
compulsion
,
compulsory military service
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
confiscate
,
congest
,
congregate
,
conscript
,
conscription
,
consolidate
,
constrain
,
constraint
,
contend
,
converge
,
convergence
,
converging
,
corkscrew
,
cram
,
crisis
,
crowbar
,
crowd
,
crowding
,
crunch
,
crush
,
cylinder press
,
deluge
,
demand
,
densen
,
densify
,
depress
,
detach
,
detach for service
,
dig
,
dispatch
,
distrain
,
draft
,
draft call
,
drafting
,
drive
,
drive on
,
drove
,
dun
,
elbow
,
embosom
,
embrace
,
emergency
,
enfold
,
enlightener
,
enlist
,
enlistment
,
enroll
,
enrollment
,
ensphere
,
entreat
,
exert pressure
,
exhort
,
exigency
,
expedite
,
expert witness
,
express
,
expropriate
,
extractor
,
flatbed cylinder press
,
flatten
,
flock
,
flood
,
fold
,
force
,
force upon
,
forceps
,
forward
,
fourth estate
,
galaxy
,
garnish
,
gather
,
gathering
,
goad
,
gossipmonger
,
grapevine
,
haste
,
hasten
,
hasten on
,
haul
,
head
,
heap
,
heave
,
herd
,
hie on
,
high pressure
,
high-pressure
,
horde
,
host
,
hot-press
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hurry
,
hurry along
,
hurry on
,
hurry up
,
hurtle
,
hustle
,
hustle up
,
impel
,
imperativeness
,
importune
,
impound
,
impress
,
impressment
,
impulse
,
impulsion
,
induce
,
induct
,
induction
,
informant
,
information
,
information center
,
information medium
,
informer
,
insist
,
insist on
,
insist upon
,
intelligence
,
interviewee
,
iron
,
jab
,
jam
,
jawbone
,
jog
,
joggle
,
join
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
journalism
,
lean on
,
legion
,
levy
,
lie on
,
list
,
lobby
,
magazine publishing
,
maintain
,
makeready
,
mangle
,
mash
,
mass
,
meet
,
mill
,
mob
,
mobilization
,
mobilize
,
monitor
,
mouthpiece
,
move
,
multitude
,
muster
,
muster in
,
nag
,
nag at
,
nationalize
,
news
,
news agency
,
news medium
,
news service
,
newsiness
,
newsletter
,
newsmagazine
,
newsmonger
,
newspaper
,
newsworthiness
,
nip
,
notifier
,
nudge
,
oppress
,
overexert
,
overextend
,
overstrain
,
overtax
,
pack
,
panoply
,
paparazzi
,
persist
,
persuade
,
pester
,
pile
,
pile drive
,
pincers
,
pinch
,
pipette
,
plague
,
platen
,
platen press
,
plead with
,
pliers
,
ply
,
ply upon
,
poke
,
precipitate
,
press association
,
press down
,
press upon
,
pressroom
,
pressure
,
presswork
,
print medium
,
printing machine
,
printing office
,
printing press
,
printshop
,
prod
,
proofroom
,
propel
,
provoke
,
public press
,
public print
,
public relations officer
,
publisher
,
publishers
,
publishing
,
publishing house
,
publishing industry
,
pull
,
pump
,
punch
,
push
,
push on
,
push through
,
push upon
,
put pressure on
,
quicken
,
rabble
,
rack
,
radio
,
railroad through
,
raise
,
ram
,
ram down
,
rash impulse
,
rattle
,
recommend
,
recruit
,
recruiting
,
recruitment
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
reportage
,
reporter
,
request
,
rest on
,
roll
,
rotary press
,
rotogravure press
,
rout
,
ruck
,
run
,
run against
,
rush
,
rush along
,
sadden
,
seethe
,
selective service
,
separator
,
sequester
,
sequestrate
,
shake
,
shoulder
,
shove
,
sign on
,
sign up
,
siphon
,
smooth
,
socialize
,
soft-soap
,
solidify
,
source
,
spate
,
speed
,
speed along
,
speed up
,
spokesman
,
spur
,
squab
,
squash
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
squish
,
stampede
,
stand on
,
steam
,
stick to
,
strain
,
strain every nerve
,
stress
,
stretch
,
stuff
,
summon
,
summons
,
swarm
,
sweat blood
,
sweet-talk
,
take no denial
,
tamp
,
tax
,
tease
,
telegraph agency
,
television
,
teller
,
tense
,
tension
,
the fourth estate
,
the press
,
throng
,
thronging
,
thrust
,
thrust upon
,
tidings
,
tighten
,
tightening
,
tipster
,
tout
,
tug
,
tweak
,
tweezers
,
urge
,
urge upon
,
urgency
,
vacuum pump
,
wad up
,
web
,
web press
,
weigh down
,
weigh on
,
weigh upon
,
wheedle
,
whip
,
whip along
,
wire service
,
witness
,
word
,
work on
,
wringer
nip
collapse
a small sharp bite or snip
a tart spicy quality
a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey"
give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles"
sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
related words >
abbreviate
,
abduct
,
abridge
,
abscind
,
absolute zero
,
abstract
,
acute pain
,
adhere to
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
algidity
,
amputate
,
and
,
annex
,
annihilate
,
approach
,
appropriate
,
arrest
,
bag
,
balk
,
ball the jack
,
ban
,
bar
,
barrel
,
bear hug
,
benumb
,
beverage
,
bib
,
bite
,
bite the tongue
,
bitterness
,
blast
,
blast-freeze
,
bleakness
,
blight
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bolus
,
boom
,
boost
,
booze
,
boring pain
,
borrow
,
bowl along
,
breeze
,
breeze along
,
briskness
,
brush
,
bumper
,
burn
,
cabbage
,
capsulize
,
carry off
,
center
,
centralize
,
chafe
,
champ
,
charley horse
,
chaw
,
check
,
chew
,
chill
,
chilliness
,
chip
,
chomp
,
clamp
,
clamping
,
clamping down
,
clasp
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clip
,
close
,
close in
,
close up
,
close with
,
clout
,
clutch
,
cold
,
coldness
,
come together
,
compress
,
compression
,
concenter
,
concentralize
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
congeal
,
contract
,
converge
,
convulse
,
cool
,
coolness
,
coolth
,
cop
,
cramp
,
cramps
,
crib
,
crick
,
crispness
,
crop
,
crucify
,
crumb
,
crush
,
cryogenics
,
cryology
,
cud
,
cull
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut along
,
cut away
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut out
,
cut short
,
darting pain
,
dash
,
dash off
,
death grip
,
decrease in temperature
,
defraud
,
dig out
,
dispose of
,
distress
,
do away with
,
dock
,
dose
,
draft
,
drain the cup
,
dram
,
drench
,
drink
,
drink bottoms-up
,
drink deep
,
drink hard
,
drink off
,
drink up
,
drop
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
embezzle
,
embrace
,
end
,
ensphere
,
enucleate
,
epitomize
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
excruciate
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
extort
,
fall in with
,
fester
,
filch
,
finish
,
finish off
,
firm hold
,
fix
,
fleet
,
flit
,
fly
,
fly low
,
follow strong drink
,
foot
,
foothold
,
footing
,
foreshorten
,
freeze
,
freeze solid
,
freeze to
,
freezing point
,
freshness
,
fret
,
frigidity
,
frost
,
frostbite
,
frostiness
,
frustrate
,
fulgurant pain
,
funnel
,
gall
,
gargle
,
gelidity
,
get rid of
,
ginger
,
girdle pain
,
give pain
,
glaciate
,
glacify
,
gnash
,
gnaw
,
gnawing
,
go fast
,
go through
,
gob
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grate
,
grind
,
grip
,
gripe
,
griping
,
grog
,
gulp
,
guts
,
guzzle
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
harrow
,
hasten
,
hasten off
,
highball
,
hitch
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold tight
,
hook
,
hotfoot
,
hotness
,
hug
,
hurry away
,
hurt
,
hustle
,
ice
,
iciness
,
imbibe
,
inclemency
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
intense cold
,
intersect
,
iron grip
,
irritate
,
isolate
,
jigger
,
jolt
,
jumping pain
,
keenness
,
keep hold of
,
kick
,
kidnap
,
kill
,
kill by inches
,
kink
,
knock back
,
knock off
,
lacerate
,
lancinating pain
,
lap
,
lap up
,
libation
,
lift
,
light out
,
liquor up
,
liveliness
,
lop
,
low temperature
,
make away with
,
make knots
,
make off with
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
meet
,
morceau
,
morsel
,
mouthful
,
mow
,
munch
,
mutilate
,
nab
,
nail
,
narrow the gap
,
never let go
,
nibble
,
nick
,
nip off
,
nippiness
,
numb
,
outstrip the wind
,
pain
,
palm
,
pang
,
pare
,
paroxysm
,
patch
,
peel
,
peg
,
penetrate
,
pepperiness
,
pick out
,
pierce
,
pilfer
,
pinch
,
poach
,
poll
,
pollard
,
portion
,
potation
,
potion
,
pour it on
,
press
,
pressure
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
prune
,
pull
,
punch
,
purchase
,
purloin
,
put paid to
,
put to torture
,
quaff
,
quick-freeze
,
quid
,
raciness
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
rawness
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
refreeze
,
refrigerate
,
regelate
,
relish
,
retrench
,
rigor
,
rip
,
root out
,
round
,
round of drinks
,
rub
,
rule out
,
run
,
run away with
,
run together
,
rush
,
rustle
,
scamper off
,
scorch
,
scrap
,
scrounge
,
seizure
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
severity
,
shanghai
,
sharp air
,
sharp pain
,
sharpness
,
shave
,
shear
,
shiver
,
shoot
,
shooting
,
shooting pain
,
shoplift
,
shorten
,
shot
,
shred
,
sip
,
sizzle
,
skim
,
skin out
,
slaughter
,
sliver
,
slug
,
slurp
,
smithereen
,
snap
,
snappiness
,
snare
,
snatch
,
snick
,
snifter
,
snip
,
snippet
,
snitch
,
snort
,
snub
,
soak
,
spasm
,
speed
,
spice
,
spiciness
,
splinter
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
squeezing
,
stab
,
stabbing pain
,
stamp out
,
steal
,
stick to
,
sting
,
stitch
,
storm along
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
stunt
,
suck
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
sup
,
swallow
,
sweep
,
swig
,
swill
,
swindle
,
swipe
,
synopsize
,
tag
,
take
,
take in
,
take off
,
take out
,
tang
,
tanginess
,
tank up
,
taper
,
tatter
,
tear
,
tear along
,
tear off
,
tear out
,
telescope
,
thieve
,
thrill
,
throes
,
throttle
,
thunder along
,
thwart
,
tight grip
,
tighten
,
tightening
,
tipple
,
to
,
toehold
,
tope
,
tormen
,
torment
,
torture
,
toss down
,
toss off
,
tot
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tweak
,
twinge
,
twist
,
twitch
,
unite
,
wad up
,
walk off with
,
wet
,
whip off
,
whisk
,
whiz
,
whiz off
,
wipe out
,
wound
,
wrench
,
wring
,
zest
,
zestfulness
,
zing
,
zip
,
zoom
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