squeezing
noun
1 squeezing
The act of gripping and pressing firmly.
synonym: squeeze.
Roget 195:
contraction,
reduction,
diminution;
decrease of size
etc.
36;
defalcation,
decrement;
lessening,
shrinking
etc.
v.;
compaction;
tabes†,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction†,
consumption,
marasmus†,
atrophy;
systole,
neck,
hourglass.
condensation,
compression,
compactness;
compendium
etc.
596;
squeezing
etc.
v.;
strangulation;
corrugation;
astringency;
astringents,
sclerotics;
contractility,
compressibility;
coarctation†.
inferiority in size.
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Roget 301:
extraction;
extracting
etc.
v.;
removal,
elimination,
extrication,
eradication,
evolution.
evulsion†,
avulsion†;
wrench;
expression,
squeezing;
extirpation,
extermination;
ejection
etc.
297;
export
etc.
(egress)
295.
extractor,
corkscrew,
forceps,
pliers.
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Polish: uciskanie
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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