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n. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

surprise

n. a sudden unexpected event

crumb

n. small piece of e.g. bread or cake

particle, speck, atom, molecule, mote

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

allusion

n. passing reference or indirect mention

insinuation, innuendo

n. an indirect (and usually malicious) implication

undertone, tinge

n. a pale or subdued color

trifle

n. sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce

press, squeeze, contract, compress, compact, constrict, press together, squeeze together

v. squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

reduce, deoxidize, deoxidise, remove oxygen from

v. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

shrink, reduce

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

draw, cockle, knit, pucker, rumple, crumple

v. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"

ruck, pucker, ruck up

v. become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"

take

v. take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"

sponge, grub, bum, cadge, mooch

v. ask for and get free; be a parasite

borrow, get temporarily

v. get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

leech, bleed, phlebotomize

v. draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

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