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Nouns (5)

n. the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"

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

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

n. an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power; "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away"

Verbs (18)

squeeze

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

press firmly

v. press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

force, wedge

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

thrust, shove, stuff

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

crush, squash, squelch, mash

v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

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

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

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (254)

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

turn

v. move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

turn

v. change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"

tamp, depress, press down, tamp down

v. press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

thrust, shove, squeeze, stuff

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

shove, jostle

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

shove, push roughly, push along

v. push along

press, urge, exhort

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

press, apply pressure to, apply force to

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

hike, boost

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

advance, bring forward, move forward, bring to front

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, crowd, crowd together, herd together, drive together

v. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

squeeze, force, wedge

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

launch, propel with force

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

catapult, shoot forth

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

project, send off, cast forward, throw forward, send forward

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

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

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

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

propel, impel, move forward

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

drive

v. cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"

jump, start, startle, move suddenly

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

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

shoot

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

shoulder, push with the shoulders

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

elbow

v. push one's way with the elbows

hustle

v. cause to move furtively and hurriedly; "The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater"

shoulder, lift onto one's shoulders

v. lift onto one's shoulders

shoulder, carry a burden

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

overcrowd

v. crowd together too much

stuff, fill completely

v. fill completely; "The child stuffed his pockets with candy"

boost, shove upward, push upward

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

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

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

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

elbow

v. push one's way with the elbows

shoulder, push with the shoulders

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

propel, impel, move forward

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

herd, crowd, crowd together, herd together, drive together

v. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

poke, thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

beat, thump, pound

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

reduce, keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate

v. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

enslave, reduce to slavery

v. make a slave of; bring into servitude

smash, blast, boom, nail, hit hard

v. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"

grind, dance erotically

v. dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

stomp, stamp, stump

v. walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

crush, break down

v. make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

smash, bang up, smash up

v. damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

flatten, become flat, become flatter, flatten out

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

drop, flatten, lower the pitch of

v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

powder, powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

splash, squelch, slop, splosh, slosh, squish

v. walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

wrench, wring

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

express, extract, take out, press out, pull out

v. take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

concentrate, centralize, make central

v. make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

affiliate

v. join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"

consolidate

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

mix, unify, mingle, commix, 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

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

collect, collate

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

encapsulate, condense

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, make into a whole

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

integrate, become one, become integrated

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

press, apply pressure to, apply force to

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

thrust, shove, squeeze, stuff

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

shove, jostle

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

shove, push roughly, push along

v. push along

cut, contract, reduce, shorten, abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten

v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

digest

v. convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products"

streamline, contour economically, contour efficiently

v. contour economically or efficiently

pinch, crimp

v. make ridges into by pinching together

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?"

flatten, become flat, become flatter, flatten out

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

level, even, even out, make straight, make level

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

smooth, smoothen, make smoother, make smooth

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

drop, flatten, lower the pitch of

v. lower the pitch of (musical notes)

smooth, shine, polish, smoothen

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"

bind, constipate

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

Synonyms (8)

squeeze out, extrude

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, force out, eject, squeeze out

v. cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"

Antonyms (3)

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

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