| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press tightly |
Synonyms: |
chafe, compress, confine, cramp, crush, grasp, hurt, nip, pain, squeeze, tweak, twinge, wrench, wrest, wring |
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be stingy |
Synonyms: |
afflict, distress, economize, oppress, pinch pennies, press, scrape, scrimp, skimp, spare, stint |
Antonyms: |
be generous, give, offer |
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
Synonyms: |
cop, crib*, filch, knock off, lift*, nab, pilfer, purloin, rob, snatch, swipe, take |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |
| Main Entry: | pinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrest |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, bust, collar, detain, hold, nab, pick up*, pull in, run in, take into custody |
Antonyms: |
free, release |
| Main Entry: | pinching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stingy |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy, churlish, close, close-fisted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, hard-fisted, ignoble, illiberal, ironfisted, mean, miserly, narrow, near, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, pennywise, penurious, petty, pinchpenny, rapacious, saving, scrimping, scurvy, selfish, skimping, sordid, sparing, thrifty, tight*, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous, ungiving |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take into authorized custody |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, bag*, book, brace*, bust, capture, catch, collar, detain, drop*, gaff, get*, glom, grab*, hook*, imprison, incarcerate, jail, kick*, nab, nail, net*, nick, pick up*, pinch*, pull in, pull*, put the arm on, put the cuffs on, round up, roust, run in, secure*, seize*, sidetrack, snag*, tab, tag*, take in, take prisoner, toss in jail |
| Main Entry: | begrudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wish that someone did not have |
Synonyms: |
be jealous, be reluctant, be stingy, covet, eat one's heart out, envy, grudge, pinch, resent, stint |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound |
| Main Entry: | bust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrest for illegal action |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, catch, collar, cop, detain, nab, pick up, pinch, pull in, raid, run in, search |
Antonyms: |
exonerate, let go |
| Main Entry: | capture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch and forcefully hold |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, arrest, bag*, bust, catch, collar, conquer, cop, gain control, get, grab*, hook*, land, nab, nail, net, occupy, overwhelm, pick up*, pinch*, prehend, pull in, put the cuffs on, round up, run in, secure, seize, snare, snatch, take, take captive, take into custody, take prisoner, trap, tumble |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, liberate, lose, release |