Word Meanings - SQUEEZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship. 2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships,

Additional info about word: SQUEEZE

1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship. 2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush. In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden. L'Estrange. 3. To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt. Syn. -- To compress; hug; pinch; gripe; crowd.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SQUEEZE)

• Cram
• Stuff
• choke
• squeeze
• ram
• pack
• gorge
• Gripe
• Grasp
• seize
• clutch
• gnaw
• pain
• screw
• pinch
• lay hold of
• Press Urge
• crowd
• compel
• force
• crush
• compress
• express
• constrain
• hurry
• instigate
• inculcate
• impress
• throng
• encroach
• lean
• weigh
• harass

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SQUEEZE)

• Liberate
• release
• emancipate
• Learn
• be impressed
• be studious
• be mindful

Related words: (words related to SQUEEZE)

• FORCE
  To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
• ENCROACHER
  One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.
• PINCHBECK
  An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
• GORGEOUS
  Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff,
• RELEASE
  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• HARASS
  To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature
• CHOKECHERRY
  The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
• CROWD
  1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer. 2. To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak. 3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. The balconies and verandas
• GRASP
  1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak. 2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with;
• LEARN
  linon, for lirnon, OHG. lirnen, lernen, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l to teach, OS. lerian, OHG.leran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted ; all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf.
• HURRY-SKURRY
  Confusedly; in a bustle. Gray.
• CONSTRAINTIVE
  Constraining; compulsory. "Any constraintive vow." R. Carew.
• WEIGHTINESS
  The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
• IMPRESS
  To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money. The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners. Evelyn. (more info) pref. im- in, on + premere to press. See Press to squeeze, and
• GORGET
  A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. Gorget hummer , a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat. (more info) 1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of
• WEIGHTILY
  In a weighty manner.
• PRESSIROSTRAL
  Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
• PRESSIVE
  Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall.
• SQUEEZE
  1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship. 2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships,
• PINCHFIST
  A closefisted person; a miser.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• REGORGE
  1. To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back. Hayward. 2. To swallow again; to swallow back. Tides at highest mark regorge the flood. DRyden.
• REINFORCEMENT
  See REëNFORCEMENT
• HOTPRESSED
  Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
• TEMPER SCREW
  1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting.
• DEFORCEOR
  See DEFORCIANT
• WHURRY
  To whisk along quickly; to hurry. Whurrying the chariot with them to the shore. Vicars.
• HALF-LEARNED
  Imperfectly learned.
• HOTPRESS
  To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• INTHRONG
  To throng or collect together. Fairfax.
• WELTERWEIGHT
  1. A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that
• ARTICHOKE
  word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco, archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra; prob. fr. Ar. al- 1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The