adj
Meaning 1
Very thin, as if drawn together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pinched
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Sound
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CMU ARPABET: P IH1 N CH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
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adj
Meaning 3
Financially hurt or damaged.
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adj
Meaning 4
Compressed.
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verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of pinch
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
sounding as if the nose were pinched
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a whining nasal voice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adenoidal, nasal
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изпит (izpit) — thin faced due to cold
- German: eingefallen — thin faced due to cold
- Māori: roru — thin faced due to cold
- Māori: anuhea — thin faced due to cold