Dictionary entry details
• SQUEEZE OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Force out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts
Hypernyms (to "squeeze out" is one way to...):
can; dismiss; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make by laborious and precarious means
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
squeeze out; eke out
Context example:
He eked out a living as a painter
Hypernyms (to "squeeze out" is one way to...):
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wring out; squeeze out
Context example:
wring out the washcloth
Hypernyms (to "squeeze out" is one way to...):
draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; take out (remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense)
"Squeeze out" entails doing...:
compact; compress; constrict; contract; press; squeeze (squeeze or press together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Obtain with difficulty
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
eke out; squeeze out
Context example:
He eked out some information from the archives
Hypernyms (to "squeeze out" is one way to...):
obtain (come into possession of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Form or shape by forcing through an opening
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
extrude; squeeze out
Context example:
extrude steel
Hypernyms (to "squeeze out" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to come out in a squirt
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
squirt; eject; force out; squeeze out
Context example:
the boy squirted water at his little sister
Hypernyms (to "squeeze out" is one way to...):
discharge (pour forth or release)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squeeze out"):
spritz (eject (a liquid) quickly)
extravasate (force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
