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Pinches
- noun - a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"
- a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a squeeze with the fingers
- a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
- an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- cut the top off;
- irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
- make off with belongings of others
- make ridges into by pinching together
- South American tamarin with a tufted head
- squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
Pitched
- verb - (of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form; "high-pitched"
- be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
- erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"
- fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
- heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
- set at a slant; "a pitched rather than a flat roof"
- set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
- set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low"
- throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"
- throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
Pitcher
- noun - (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm"
- (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
- an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound"
- the quantity contained in a pitcher
Pitches
- noun - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
- a high approach shot in golf
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"
- abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
- an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
- degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
- erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"
- fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
- heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
- hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- move abruptly; "Th
Placket
- noun - a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
Plucked
- verb - having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose"
- look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
- of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
Plucker
- - One who, or that which, plucks.
Poached
- verb - cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"
- cooked in hot water
- hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
Poacher
- noun - a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)
- small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters
- someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another
Poaches
- verb - cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"
- hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"