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English verb: squeeze out | |||
| 1. | squeeze out (social) force out | ||
| Samples | Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate | ||
| 2. | squeeze out (possession) make by laborious and precarious means | ||
| Samples | He eked out a living as a painter. | ||
| Synonyms | eke out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in | ||
| 3. | squeeze out (contact) extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing | ||
| Samples | Wring out the washcloth. | ||
| Synonyms | wring out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out | ||
| Entail | compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze | ||
| 4. | squeeze out (possession) obtain with difficulty | ||
| Samples | He eked out some information from the archives. | ||
| Synonyms | eke out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | obtain | ||
| 5. | squeeze out (creation) form or shape by forcing through an opening | ||
| Samples | Extrude steel. | ||
| Synonyms | extrude | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make, produce | ||
| 6. | squeeze out (contact) cause to come out in a squirt | ||
| Samples | The boy squirted water at his little sister. | ||
| Synonyms | eject, force out, squirt | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | extravasate, spritz | ||
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