SQUEEZE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of squeeze in English squeezeverb uk /skwiːz/ us /skwiːz/

squeeze verb (PRESS)

Add to word list Add to word list B2 [ T ] to press something firmly, especially from all sides in order to change its shape, reduce its size, or remove liquid from it: Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl. As she waited to go into the exam, he squeezed her hand (= pressed it affectionately with his hand) and wished her good luck.squeeze something out Once he had finished cleaning the floor, he squeezed the cloth out.squeeze the trigger He reloaded the gun, took aim, and then squeezed (= pulled back) the trigger.squeeze something from something figurative The studio is using all sorts of marketing tricks to squeeze as much profit from the movie as they can. to remove liquid from something

• dryCan you dry the dishes for me?
• dry something upCan you dry up the plates for me?
• dry (someone/something) offLet me dry the chairs off before you sit down.
• blotI blotted the spilled wine with a cloth.
• towelShe stepped out of the pool and towelled her hair.

See more results » [ T ] to give someone a quick, tight hug (= an act of holding someone close to your body with your arms): She squeezed him tight and kissed him on both cheeks. "Oh, Andrew," she said, as she squeezed him in her tight embrace.

• freshly squeezed orange
• He squeezed some sauce out of the tube.
• She squeezed his hand and said goodbye.
• He squeezed Chuck's forearm and then glanced at his younger son.
• She squeezed her eyes shut for a second.

Squeezing and grinding

• compress
• compressed
• compression
• compressive
• concertina
• constrict
• grind
• grinding mill
• grist mill
• juice
• knead
• mash
• nip
• regrind
• shut
• shut someone/something in (something) phrasal verb
• snap
• squash
• squidge
• squinch

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Showing affection

squeeze verb (MOVE)

C1 [ I + adv/prep ] to get in, through, under, etc. with difficulty: squeeze through She squeezed through the crowd and found a seat at the front.squeeze under They managed to squeeze under the fence and get into the festival without paying. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty

• blunder
• bumble
• dodder
• dodderer
• doddery
• favour
• halting
• inflexibly
• limp
• lollop
• lumber
• lumpily
• lurch
• reel
• teeter
• toddle
• toil
• totter
• tottering
• tumble

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squeeze verb (BADLY AFFECT)

[ T ] If you are squeezed by financial demands, they cause you financial problems: Small businesses are being squeezed by heavy taxation.

Idiom

squeeze someone dry

Phrasal verbs

squeeze (someone/something) in/squeeze (someone/something) into something squeeze someone/something in squeeze something out of someone squeezenoun uk /skwiːz/ us /skwiːz/

squeeze noun (PRESS)

[ C ] the act of pressing something firmly: She gave the present a quick squeeze and tried to guess what was inside. Garnish the fish with some fresh parsley and a squeeze of lemon. [ C ] a short, tight hug (= an act of holding someone close to your body with your arms): She hugged him in a gentle squeeze. He gave his daughter one last squeeze and jumped onto the train. Squeezing and grinding

• compress
• compressed
• compression
• compressive
• concertina
• constrict
• grind
• grinding mill
• grist mill
• juice
• knead
• mash
• nip
• regrind
• shut
• shut someone/something in (something) phrasal verb
• snap
• squash
• squidge
• squinch

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squeeze noun (LIMIT)

[ C usually singular ] a reduction or limit: squeeze on The squeeze on profits in the oil industry has led to thousands of redundancies. The squeeze on local spending means that many services will have to be cut. [ C usually singular ] a period in which the supply of money is limited by the government because of economic difficulties: credit squeeze The government has imposed a sharp credit squeeze in an attempt to hold down inflation. Limiting and restricting

• anti-libertarian
• armlock
• boundary
• box someone out phrasal verb
• box someone/something in phrasal verb
• crippling
• cripplingly
• crowd
• curb
• curtail
• keep (herself) to herself idiom
• keep a check on something
• keep something down phrasal verb
• limit
• limit something to something
• straitly
• stranglehold
• stunt
• suffocatingly
• tempered

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squeeze noun (SPACE)

[ S ] a situation in which people or things are pushed or forced into a small space: tight squeeze I can give you a lift, but it'll be a tight squeeze as I'm taking four other people as well. Filling and completing

• backfill
• box ticking
• brick
• brick something up phrasal verb
• brim
• fill
• infuse something with something
• jam
• load something up
• occupancy
• occupy
• overcrowd
• plug
• run through something phrasal verb
• saturable
• squeeze (someone/something) in/squeeze (someone/something) into something phrasal verb
• stuffing
• suffuse
• tank
• tie

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squeeze noun (GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND)

[ C usually singular ] informal someone's girlfriend or boyfriend: She turned up arm in arm with her latest squeeze. She was never his squeeze, only his business partner. (Definition of squeeze from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

squeeze | American Dictionary

squeezeverb us /skwiz/

squeeze verb (PRESS TOGETHER)

Add to word list Add to word list [ T ] to press something firmly, or to force something out, esp. a liquid, by pressing: Bake for 15 minutes, then squeeze the cloves to get the softened garlic out. I squeezed her shoulder (= pressed it affectionately with a hand).

squeeze verb (FORCE INTO)

[ always + adv/prep ] to force someone or something into a small space or a short period of time: [ I ] I’m just not able to squeeze into last year’s swimsuit. [ T ] She’s asking me to squeeze a shopping trip into my day off. [ M ] You can squeeze in six people at the table.

Phrasal verb

squeeze something out of someone/something squeezenoun us /skwiz/

squeeze noun (PRESSING TOGETHER)

[ C ] the act of pressing something firmly: I gave his shoulder a squeeze. fig. State parks will feel the squeeze from budget cuts (= the cuts will have a limiting effect).

squeeze noun (FORCING INTO A SPACE)

[ C usually sing ] the act of forcing someone or something into a small space, often by pushing or pressing: It’ll be a tight squeeze with four other people in the car, but I’ll give you a lift. (Definition of squeeze from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

squeeze | Business English

squeezeverb [ T ]   FINANCE, ECONOMICS uk /skwiːz/ us Add to word list Add to word list to reduce the amount of money that a person, company, or government can spend or earn: Higher energy and utility bills are squeezing disposable incomes. squeeze profits/budgets/marginssqueeze taxpayers/consumers/borrowers Rising food prices continue to squeeze consumers ever harder. to reduce the number of things that are produced or sold: squeeze supplies/exports European exports have been squeezed by the cheap dollar and equally cheap Chinese yuan.

Phrasal verbs

squeeze sb/sth out squeeze sth out of/from sth/sb squeezenoun [ C, usually singular ]   FINANCE, ECONOMICS uk /skwiːz/ us a large reduction in the amount of money that a person, company, or government can spend or earn: a budget/spending/cash squeeze Hard choices have to be made during a budget squeeze. an economic/financial/monetary squeezea squeeze on sth A squeeze on earnings is expected to be highlighted in official labour market figures this week.put a/the squeeze on sb/sth Competition from discount operations is putting the squeeze on mid-market chains.a squeeze in margins/markets/profits A squeeze in the global credit market has forced the company to scrap plans to sell its US drinks division.feel/face a squeeze A series of reports last week suggests that financial institutions will feel the squeeze on their balance sheets well into next year. See also credit squeeze profit squeeze (Definition of squeeze from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of squeeze

squeeze During compression the fabric structure deforms and the water is squeezed out of the paper and the fabric. From the Cambridge English Corpus Region 4 is unsaturated, and its only role is to allow air to re-enter the gaps left by the water that has been squeezed out. From the Cambridge English Corpus The reason for this was that they became squeezed between different interest groups. From the Cambridge English Corpus Without really challenging hierarchy they still squeezed concessions out of village leaders, turning a weakness into strength. From the Cambridge English Corpus In both of them, the author squeezes as much material, as many facts, as he can from his meagre sources. From the Cambridge English Corpus As the boom collapsed, jobbers found themselves squeezed between the demands of the millowners and the resistance of the workers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Financially squeezed by the depression of the 1880s, they began to accept paying patients. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, some of the matrix magma probably was squeezed out during this process, concentrating the orbicules into a smaller volume. From the Cambridge English Corpus Moreover, inflation depressed incomes, depriving manufacturers of customers for their efforts and squeezing savings that might have fostered capital growth. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, economic and democratic reforms are both possible if they can be squeezed into this unique time period. From the Cambridge English Corpus Where necessary, contents of the body cavity were squeezed out using a fine forceps. From the Cambridge English Corpus The gut contents from each section were squeezed out, weighed and an egg count carried out on each section. From the Cambridge English Corpus An event that, through constant media attention, feels as if all the emotion has already been squeezed from it. From the Cambridge English Corpus The ponderomotive laser light pressure squeezes out a portion of electrons from the plasma layer near the critical density area. From the Cambridge English Corpus The bar fell and my eyes squeezed tightly shut. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of squeeze These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of squeeze?

Translations of squeeze

in Chinese (Traditional) 壓緊, （尤指從各方面）擠壓，捏，擠，榨, 移動… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 压紧, （尤指从各方面）挤压，捏，挤，榨, 移动… See more in Spanish apretar, estrujar, contracción… See more in Portuguese prensar, comprimir, apertar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian पिळणे, दाबणे, घुसणे… See more ～をきつく握る, 絞る, 圧迫する… See more sıkmak, sıkıştırmak, sıkma… See more serrer, presser, appuyer… See more prémer… See more knijpen, (zich) wringen, uitpersen… See more எதையாவது உறுதியாக அழுத்த, குறிப்பாக எல்லா பக்கங்களிலிருந்தும் அதன் வடிவத்தை மாற்ற, அதன் அளவைக் குறைக்க அல்லது அதிலிருந்து திரவத்தை அகற்ற… See more निचोड़ना, (कठिनाइपूर्वक थोड़ी से जगह से) घुसना, प्रवेश करना… See more નિચોવી, દબાવ્યો, વાંકાચુકા થઈ ઘૂસવું… See more trykke, presse, presse ind… See more krama, klämma, pressa… See more ramas, mendesakkan, mendesak… See more drücken, sich quetschen, ausquetschen… See more klemme, presse, komme i press… See more نچوڑنا, دبانا, گھس گھسا کر جانا… See more давити, стискувати, протискуватися… See more పిసకడం, కష్టంగా లోపలకు, ద్వారా… See more নিংড়োনো, নিষ্পেষণ, চাপ… See more mačkat, vmáčknout (se), vymačkat… See more meremas, mendesakkan, memeras… See more บีบ, เบียด, คั้น… See more ép, vắt, nén… See more ściskać, uścisk, wciskać (się)… See more 꽉 쥐다… See more spremere, comprimere, strizzare… See more Need a translator?

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• squeeze something out of someone/something phrasal verb
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• squeeze someone/something in phrasal verb
• squeeze sth out of/from sth/sb phrasal verb
• squeeze (someone/something) in/squeeze (someone/something) into something phrasal verb
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• English   
  • Verb 
    • squeeze (PRESS)
    • squeeze (MOVE)
    • squeeze (BADLY AFFECT)
  • Noun 
    • squeeze (PRESS)
    • squeeze (LIMIT)
    • squeeze (SPACE)
    • squeeze (GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND)
• American   
  • Verb 
    • squeeze (PRESS TOGETHER)
    • squeeze (FORCE INTO)
  • Noun 
    • squeeze (PRESSING TOGETHER)
    • squeeze (FORCING INTO A SPACE)
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