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Meaning of Pinching | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The act of one who or that which pinches.
  2. The act of pinching off new growth.
  3. theft

Equivalents

العربية القرص قرص
日本語 つまみ 失敬
Svenska nypning

Examples

“Simon ate an orange, removing the peel in fastidious pinchings, such delicacy in a dugout on a river flowing through the bush.”
“Six varieties gave more shoots from the greater number of pinchings while three had more shoots when pinching was discontinued August 10.”
“As "Kings of the Covers," they re-recorded happening disks by Elvis ("Heartbreak Hotel") […] and, for their most publicly-known pinching, THE JAYHAWKS ("Stranded In The Jungle").”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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