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Squeeze
SQUEEZE, v.t.
1. To press between two bodies; to press closely; as, to squeeze an orange the fingers or with an instrument; to squeeze the hand in friendship.
2. To oppress with hardships, burdens and taxes; to harass; to crush.
In a civil war, people must expect to be squeezed with the burden.
3. To hug; to embrace closely.
4. To force between close bodies; to compel or cause to pass; as, to squeeze water through felt.
To squeeze out, to force out by pressure, as a liquid.
SQUEEZE, v.i.
1. To press; to urge ones way; to pass by pressing; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
2. To crowd.
To squeeze through, to pass through by pressing and urging forward.
SQUEEZE, n.
1. Pressure; compression between bodies.
2. A close hug or embrace.
squeeze appears in definitions for these words:
Anger Boot Compressed Crush Crushed Express Expressed Expressible Gripe Panicle Pinch Press Pressure Screw Scruze Squeeze Strobil Thrust Wash Wring Zest
Anger Boot Compressed Crush Crushed Express Expressed Expressible Gripe Panicle Pinch Press Pressure Screw Scruze Squeeze Strobil Thrust Wash Wring Zest
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