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— English words —

• pinch v. To squeeze a small amount of a person’s skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• pinch v. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
• pinch v. To squeeze between two objects.
• pinch v. (Intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
• pinch v. (Slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
• pinch v. (Slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
• pinch v. (Horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
• pinch v. (Nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
• pinch v. (Hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
• pinch v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
• pinch v. (Of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
• pinch v. (Figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
• pinch v. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
• pinch v. (Obsolete) To complain or find fault.
• pinch n. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person’s skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• pinch n. A close compression of anything with the fingers.
• pinch n. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
• pinch n. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
• pinch n. A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
• pinch n. An organic herbal smoke additive.
• pinch n. (Physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
• pinch n. The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
• pinch n. (Slang) An arrest.

— English words, defined in German —

• pinch S. Kniff.
• pinch S. Angst, Klemme, Gewissensbiss.
• pinch S. Von Tabak oder Salz: Prise.

— English words, defined in French —

• pinch n. Pincement.
• pinch n. (Cuisine) Pincée, pointe.
• pinch n. Imbroglio.
• pinch v. Pincer.
• pinch v. (Argot) Dérober, au sujet de quelque chose de peu d’importance.
• pinch v. (Argot) Arrêter, capturer.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• pinch s. Beliscão.
• pinch s. Pitada, pequena quantidade.
• pinch v. Beliscar.
• pinch v. Surrupiar, roubar (geralmente algo trivial ou inconsequente).
• pinch v. Prender, capturar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• pinch s. Pizzicotto.
• pinch s. Pizzico.

132 English words from 23 English definitions

action additive amount and animals anything arrest awkward bar begin between bite buds bulbs capture car close close-hauled clothing complain compression conducting connecting could covetous cramp cut difficult does dog electrically escape especially etc fault Figurative filament find find␣fault fingers fingertip flesh flutter for forefinger granules grip hauled held herbal hold Horticulture hourglass Hunting hurt improve inconsequential in␣order in␣order␣to intransitive its kind lever lifting live magnetic making making␣it metal money move narrow Nautical objects Obsolete of␣a of␣an oppress order organic part person Physics pinch plant powder prying railroad railroad␣car rolling sail sails seize shape shoots situation skin Slang small smoke social some something sparingly specific spots squeeze squeezing starve steal stingy straiten such such␣that take take␣hold that the thumb thumb␣tip tight tip transitive two uncomfortably used usually weights wheels which with yield

14 English words from 16 foreign definitions

algo Angst Argot capturer chose Cuisine Imbroglio importance Pincer pointe Prender Prise Tabak trivial

1 foreign word from 23 English definitions

plant␣in

26 foreign words from 16 foreign definitions

Arrêter au␣sujet␣de Beliscão Beliscar capturar Dérober geralmente Gewissensbiss Klemme Kniff oder pequena peu Pincée Pincement Pitada Pizzico Pizzicotto quantidade quelque quelque␣chose roubar Salz sujet Surrupiar Von

96 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pincho pincht pinchy pinch␣at pinched pincher Pincher pinches Pinches pinchin' pinchos Pinchot pinchbar pincheck pinchers Pinchers pinchgut pinch-gut pinch-hit pinch␣hit pinchier pinchily pinching pinchite pinch␣off Pinchots pinch␣out pinch␣pot pinchable Pinchback pinchbars pinchbeck Pinchbeck pinch␣cake pinchcock pinchecks pinched␣at pinches␣at pinchfist pinchguts pinch-guts pinch-hits pinch␣hits pinchiest pinchings pinchlike pinch␣pots pinch␣a␣loaf pinchbecks pinch-belly +46 words

23 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

θ-pinches Z-pinches bepinched bepinches carpincho unpinched bepinching carpinchoe carpinchos carpinchoes nanopinches zeta␣pinches penny-pincher penny␣pincher theta␣pinches velar␣pinches penny-pinchers penny␣pinchers penny-pinching Bennett␣pinches cock-and-pinches penny-pinchings where␣the␣shoe␣pinches

19 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

apinch θ-pinch Z-pinch bepinch topinch at␣a␣pinch in␣a␣pinch on␣a␣pinch nanopinch zeta␣pinch theta␣pinch velar␣pinch Bennett␣pinch cock-and-pinch feel␣the␣pinch felt␣the␣pinch Jack␣at␣a␣pinch feels␣the␣pinch feeling␣the␣pinch

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

inc Inc INC inc. Inc. inch Inch pin PIN

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

HCN nip Nip NIP

21 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

apinch Chapin chin-up chin␣up chip␣in chopin Chopin cophin hypnic θ-pinch Pachin painch Pen-ch'i phenic phonic -phonic Pichon pincho pincht pinchy Z-pinch

14 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

chin Chin Ch'in chip Chip ChIP CHiP CHIP HNIC ichn- inch Inch NCIP Pich

20 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

binch cinch finch Finch ginch Kinch linch minch Minch panch Piech pilch pitch punch Punch rinch sinch Tinch winch Winch

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

inch Inch Pich

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

painch

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