[{"word":"pinching","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The children were scolded for pinching each other."},{"definition":"To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To squeeze between two objects.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To steal, usually something inconsequential.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"},{"definition":"To arrest or capture.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to be pinched for money"},{"definition":"To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To complain or find fault.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of one who or that which pinches.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of pinching off new growth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"That pinches, or causes such a sensation","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinch","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinching"]}]