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Nouns (7)

n. the situation where the player is forced to play a potentially winning card on a trick he cannot win

n. the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"

squeeze, wring

n. a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"

hug, clinch, squeeze

n. a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"

Verbs (18)

squeeze

v. press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

squeeze

v. to force to play a potentially winning card on a trick he cannot win

squeeze, press firmly

v. press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

v. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring

v. obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

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Fuzzynyms (150)

stroke, stroking

n. a light touch with the hands

wring, wrench

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

condense, concentrate, contract

v. compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

affiliate

v. join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group"

consolidate

v. bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated"

mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate

v. to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

aggregate, combine

v. gather in a mass, sum, or whole

gather, garner, collect, pull together

v. assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

collate

v. to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

digest, condense, concentrate

v. make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

contract, concentrate, condense

v. make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

integrate, incorporate

v. make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"

integrate

v. become one; become integrated; "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds"

thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

v. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

jostle, shove

v. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

shove

v. push roughly; "the people pushed and shoved to get in line"

foreshorten

v. shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

digest

v. become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours"

streamline

v. contour economically or efficiently

crimp, pinch

v. make ridges into by pinching together

deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce

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

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

shrink, reduce

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

flatten, flatten out

v. become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"

flush, level, even out, even

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"

smooth, smoothen

v. make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood"

flatten, drop

v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

polish, smooth, smoothen, shine

v. make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

plow, plough

v. move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"

bind

v. provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"

constipate, bind

v. cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"

urge, urge on, press, exhort

v. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"

press

v. exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"

hike, hike up, boost

v. increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents"

advance, bring forward

v. cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"

hoist, run up

v. raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

compress, compact, pack together

v. make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

herd

v. keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"

wedge, squeeze, force

v. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"

launch

v. propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"

catapult

v. shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"

project, send off

v. throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile"

lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust

v. make a thrusting forward movement

squeeze

v. press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

propel, impel

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

drive

v. hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally; "drive a ball"

startle, jump, start

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

shoot

v. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"

shoulder

v. push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"

elbow

v. shove one's elbow into another person's ribs

hustle

v. get by trying hard; "she hustled a free lunch from the waiter"

shoulder

v. lift onto one's shoulders

shoulder

v. carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"

overcrowd

v. crowd together too much

stuff

v. fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"

boost

v. push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption"

raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

make

v. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"

intimidate

v. make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"

wring, wrench

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

bind, tie, attach, bond

v. create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

compel

v. necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation"

want, need, require

v. have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy

v. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

storm, force

v. take by force; "Storm the fort"

drive

v. urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"

force, do forcibly, exert force on

v. do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"

Synonyms (5)

extrude, squeeze out

v. form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel"

wring out, squeeze out

v. extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth"

squirt

v. wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"

Antonyms (1)

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

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