beak vs pinch

beak

verb
  • Seize with the beak. 

  • To play truant. 

  • Strike with the beak. 

noun
  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads. 

  • A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton). 

  • The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed. 

  • That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee. 

  • A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. 

  • A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. 

  • A justice of the peace; a magistrate. 

  • The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. 

  • The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. 

  • The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. 

  • A toe clip. 

  • A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead. 

  • cocaine. 

  • Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant. 

  • Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land. 

  • A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off. 

pinch

verb
  • To seize; to grip; to bite. 

  • To squeeze between two objects. 

  • Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots. 

  • To arrest or capture. 

  • To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger. 

  • To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter. 

  • To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. 

  • To steal, usually something inconsequential. 

  • To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve. 

  • To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. 

  • To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield. 

  • To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. 

noun
  • A close compression of anything with the fingers. 

  • A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip. 

  • An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape. 

  • An organic herbal smoke additive. 

  • A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament. 

  • The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass. 

  • The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. 

  • An arrest. 

  • A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc. 

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