Meaning of pinched in English

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    pinched

    Definitions

    1. sounding as if the nose were pinched

    Examples

    • « a whining nasal voice »

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  2. 2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

    Examples

    • « emaciated bony hands »
    • « a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys »
    • « eyes were haggard and cavernous »
    • « small pinched faces »
    • « kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration »

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  3. 3. not having enough money to pay for necessities

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  4. 4. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight

    Examples

    • « her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her »

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