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Что (кто) такое squeeze - определение
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Squeezing; Squeeze (album); Squezze; Squeeze (disambiguation); Squeeze (film)
squeeze
(squeezes, squeezing, squeezed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you squeeze something, you press it firmly, usually with your hands.
He squeezed her arm reassuringly...
Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry.
VERB: V n, V n adj
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Squeeze is also a noun.
I liked her way of reassuring you with a squeeze of the hand.
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
If you squeeze a liquid or a soft substance out of an object, you get the liquid or substance out by pressing the object.
Joe put the plug in the sink and squeezed some detergent over the dishes.
...freshly squeezed lemon juice.
VERB: V n prep, V-ed
3.
If you squeeze your eyes shut or if your eyes squeeze shut, you close them tightly, usually because you are frightened or to protect your eyes from something such as strong sunlight.
Nancy squeezed her eyes shut and prayed...
If you keep your eyes squeezed shut, you'll miss the show...
VERB: V n adj, V adj
4.
If you squeeze a person or thing somewhere or if they squeeze there, they manage to get through or into a small space.
They lowered him gradually into the cockpit. Somehow they squeezed him in the tight space, and strapped him in...
Many break-ins are carried out by youngsters who can squeeze through tiny windows.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V prep/adv
5.
If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squeeze, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it. (INFORMAL)
It was a squeeze in the car with five of them...
= squash
N-SING: a N
6.
If you squeeze something out of someone, you persuade them to give it to you, although they may be unwilling to do this.
The investigators complained about the difficulties of squeezing information out of residents...
VERB: V n from/out of
7.
If a government squeezes the economy, they put strict controls on people's ability to borrow money or on their own departments' freedom to spend money, in order to control the country's rate of inflation.
The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down...
VERB: V n
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Squeeze is also a noun.
The CBI also says the squeeze is slowing down inflation.
N-SING
8.
Someone's squeeze is their boyfriend or girlfriend. (INFORMAL JOURNALISM)
Jack showed off his latest squeeze at the weekend.
N-COUNT
Squeeze
·noun The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
II. Squeeze ·add. ·noun The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
III. Squeeze ·noun A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
IV. Squeeze ·vt To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, ·etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
VI. Squeeze ·add. ·noun Pressure or constraint used to force the making of a gift, concession, or the like; exaction; extortion.
- often with through, into, ·etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
VIII. Squeeze ·vt 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.
squeeze
¦ verb
1. firmly press from opposite or all sides, typically with the fingers.
extract (liquid or a soft substance) from something by squeezing.
2. (squeeze in/into/through) manage to get into or through (a restricted space).
(squeeze someone/thing in) manage to find time for someone or something.
3. (usu. squeeze something out of/from) obtain from someone with difficulty.
informal pressurize (someone) to supply something.
(squeeze someone/thing out) force someone or something out of an activity or post.
have a damaging or restricting effect on: the economy is being squeezed by foreign debt repayments.
Bridge force (an opponent) to discard a guarding or potentially winning card.
4. (squeeze something off) informal shoot a round or shot from a gun.
take a photograph.
¦ noun
1. an act of squeezing or the state of being squeezed.
dated a crowded social gathering.
2. a hug.
3. a small amount of liquid extracted by squeezing.
4. a strong financial demand or pressure.
informal money illegally extorted or exacted from someone.
5. a moulding or cast of an object, or a copy of a design, obtained by pressing a pliable substance round or over it.
6. (often main squeeze) N. Amer. informal a person's girlfriend or boyfriend.
7. Bridge a tactic that forces an opponent to discard an important card.
8. (also squeeze play) Baseball an act of hitting a ball short to the infield to enable a runner on third base to start for home as soon as the ball is pitched.
Phrases
put the squeeze on informal coerce or pressurize.
Derivatives
squeezable adjective
squeezer noun
Origin
C16: from earlier squise, from obs. queise, of unknown origin.
Примеры употребления для squeeze
1. "I couldn‘t squeeze it out, because there was nothing left to squeeze," the 38–year–old said.
2. Second, although the squeeze on the middle class may be exaggerated, the squeeze on the unskilled is not.
3. The squeeze on consumer spending continues unabated.
4. He said: "Consumers are certainly starting to feel the squeeze.
5. The result was a credit squeeze that spread worldwide.