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| bind |
to restrict or squeeze uncomfortably; be too tight. [1/13 definitions] |
| compress |
to press into less space; squeeze closely together. [1/3 definitions] |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| crush |
to press or squeeze so as to flatten or cause to lose shape. [1/11 definitions] |
| hug |
to hold or squeeze with the arms in a loving way; embrace. [1/4 definitions] |
| knead |
to press, rub, or squeeze with the hands; massage. [1/2 definitions] |
| sandwich |
to fit or squeeze in between two things. [1/2 definitions] |
| scrunch |
to squeeze together the muscles of (the face or the nose) (often fol. by "up"). [1/6 definitions] |
| shoehorn |
to squeeze or force into a tight or limited space. [1/2 definitions] |
| squash1 |
to press or squeeze into a tight space. [1/4 definitions] |
| suck |
to hold in the mouth and squeeze with the tongue. [1/5 definitions] |
| vise |
to hold, grip, or squeeze in, or as if in, a vise. [1/2 definitions] |
| wedge |
to squeeze into or become stuck in a small or narrow space. [1/8 definitions] |
| wring |
to twist and squeeze tightly. [2/3 definitions] |
| wringer |
a person or thing that wrings, esp. a device consisting of two rollers, mounted one above the other, between which wet laundry is rolled to squeeze the water out of it. |
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