Pinch - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

Примеры использования:

The skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

noun

A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.

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A cold compress

verb

To press something into a smaller space

Примеры использования:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier., firmly compress the dirt in the pot …

idiom

Do something the cheapest or easiest way

phrase

Do something perfunctorily so as to save time or money.

Примеры использования:

There is always a temptation to cut corners when time is short

idiom

To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way

Примеры использования:

I don’t like to cut corners when i have company for dinner.

verb

Spend less; reduce one's expenses.

Примеры использования:

I have to economize where i can

verb

To intentionally reduce what you are spending or using

Примеры использования:

You could economize on food by not eating in restaurants all the time.

verb

To make an effort to save money, time, resources, etc.

Примеры использования:

Shoppers are going for less expensive food in an effort to economize., outsourcing is mostly used a…

verb

Steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).

Примеры использования:

She had embezzled £5,600,000 in company funds

verb

To secretly and illegally take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for

Примеры использования:

They were arrested for the embezzlement of company funds.

verb

To steal money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for

Примеры использования:

While employed as business banking manager of the bank, he embezzled £300,000., embezzle sth from s…

verb

Pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way.

Примеры использования:

They filched milk off morning doorsteps

verb

To steal something of little value

Примеры использования:

Ok – who filched my pencils?

verb

Seize and hold firmly.

Примеры использования:

She grasped the bottle

noun

A firm hold or grip.

Примеры использования:

The child slipped from her grasp

verb

Hold firmly

verb

Set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.

Примеры использования:

The serfs had been liberated

verb

To release someone from control, duties, limits, or prison

Примеры использования:

Muoz rivera helped liberate puerto rico from spain., liberated nations/people, summer vacation mean…

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Примеры использования:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Примеры использования:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

verb

To move something from a lower to a higher position

Примеры использования:

[ t ] i can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!, [ i always + adv/prep ] the top of the stool lif…

noun

Private property taken from an enemy in war.

Примеры использования:

The rooms were stuffed with the loot from francis's expeditions into italy

verb

Steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot.

Примеры использования:

Desperate residents looted shops for food and water

verb

(said esp. of large numbers of people) to steal from stores

Примеры использования:

[ i ] riot police were sent to prevent the mob from looting., [ t ] the officers of the corporation…

verb

Dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use.

Примеры использования:

The report revealed that department officials had misappropriated funds

verb

To steal something that you have been trusted to manage and use it for your own benefit

Примеры использования:

He misappropriated $30,000 to pay for personal travel.

verb

To steal something that you have been asked to take care of, and use it for yourself

Примеры использования:

The court found that he had misappropriated €50,000 intended for investment on behalf of a customer…

verb

Catch (someone) doing something wrong.

Примеры использования:

They recently nabbed a burglar inside the house he was ransacking

verb

Take into custody

noun

A small cut or notch.

Примеры использования:

A small nick on his wrist

verb

Make a nick or nicks in.

Примеры использования:

He had nicked himself while shaving

verb

Go quickly or surreptitiously.

Примеры использования:

They nicked across the road

verb

Bite or pinch sharply.

Примеры использования:

One of the dogs nipped him on the leg

noun

A sharp bite or pinch.

Примеры использования:

A strong beak which can deliver a serious nip

verb

Take a sip or sips of spirits.

Примеры использования:

The men nipped from the bottle

verb

Steal (things of little value).

Примеры использования:

She produced the handful of coins she had managed to pilfer

verb

To steal things of little value or in small amounts

Примеры использования:

[ i/t ] neighborhood kids were pilfering (candy) from the corner store.

verb

To steal things that are not worth much money, especially from the place where you work

Примеры использования:

He was caught pilfering stationery more than once., they were charged with conspiracy to pilfer $60…

verb

Steal (something).

Примеры использования:

He must have managed to purloin a copy of the key

verb

(of an organization or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty.

Примеры использования:

As a result of the recession the company retrenched

verb

If governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs

Примеры использования:

Some large corporate r&d departments have retrenched., it's time to retrench and refocus on our key…

noun

A gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance.

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A hunting rifle

verb

Make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance.

Примеры использования:

There are four basic ways to rifle a gun barrel

verb

Search through something in a hurried way in order to find or steal something.

Примеры использования:

She rifled through the cassette tapes

verb

Take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force.

Примеры использования:

He tried, with three others, to rob a bank

verb

Take

verb

To take money or property from a person or place illegally

Примеры использования:

Two men robbed the store last night., elderly people should not be robbed of their dignity.

verb

Be thrifty or parsimonious; economize.

Примеры использования:

I have scrimped and saved to give you a good education

verb

To spend as little money as possible

Примеры использования:

She scrimped and saved to care for her two younger sisters.

verb

Expend or use less time, money, or material on something than is necessary in an attempt to economize.

Примеры использования:

Don't skimp on insurance when you book your holidays

noun

A fashionably short or revealing garment.

Примеры использования:

She wore a yellow skimp

verb

To use less of something than is necessary

Примеры использования:

The district skimps on staff training.

verb

Quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way.

Примеры использования:

She snatched a biscuit from the plate

noun

An act of snatching or quickly seizing something.

Примеры использования:

A quick snatch of breath

verb

Grasp hastily or eagerly

verb

Firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

Примеры использования:

Kate squeezed his hand affectionately

noun

An act of squeezing something.

Примеры использования:

A gentle squeeze of the trigger

Press firmly

verb

Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Примеры использования:

Thieves stole her bicycle

noun

A bargain.

Примеры использования:

At £59.95 it's an absolute steal

verb

Take without the owner's consent

verb

Supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something).

Примеры использования:

Stowage room hasn't been stinted

noun

A person's fixed or allotted period of work.

Примеры использования:

His varied career included a stint as a magician

noun

A small short-legged sandpiper of northern eurasia and alaska, with a brownish back and white underparts.

Примеры использования:

More than half a dozen species of birds have come to roost, which include black-winged stilts, catt…

verb

Hit or try to hit with a swinging blow.

Примеры использования:

She swiped me right across the nose

noun

A sweeping blow.

Примеры использования:

He missed the ball with his first swipe

verb

A sweeping stroke or blow

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Примеры использования:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Примеры использования:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

verb

Be a thief; steal something.

Примеры использования:

They began thieving again

verb

Twist or pull (something) sharply.

Примеры использования:

He tweaked the boy's ear

noun

A sharp twist or pull.

Примеры использования:

An affectionate tweak

verb

To change slightly, esp. in order to make something more effective or correct

Примеры использования:

Writers and producers kept tweaking the script even as the movie was being shot., he jumped when sh…