Nouns (7)
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squeeze
n. the situation where the player is forced to play a potentially winning card on a trick he cannot win
squeeze
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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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pull
v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"
squeeze
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