All English words - page 2738

Meanings of Pinch-hitter:

verb

(in baseball) to take another player’s turn to hit

Usage examples:

They took me out for a pinch hitter.

noun

In cricket, a batter (= a player who tries to hit the ball) who is given their turn earlier than usual and tries to score very quickly

Usage examples:

A powerful lower-order batsman, he is regularly used as a pinch hitter in twenty20 games., new zeal…

Meanings of Pinch-hitting:

verb

Present participle of pinch-hit

Usage examples:

He was pinch-hitting for one of the regular tv sportscasters, and was a great success.

Meanings of Pinche:

noun

A tamarin; specifically the cotton-top tamarin, saguinus oedipus.

Meanings of Pinched:

adjective

Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.

Usage examples:

Her pinched, sallow face

verb

Grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.

Usage examples:

She pinched his cheek

Meanings of Pinches:

verb

Grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.

Usage examples:

She pinched his cheek

noun

An act of pinching someone.

Usage examples:

He gave her a gentle pinch

Meanings of Pinchfisted:

adjective

Mean, miserly.

Meanings of Pinchpenny:

noun

A miserly person.

Usage examples:

A pinchpenny watchdog of public spending

adjective

Showing an unwillingness to spend money

Usage examples:

After a year of marriage, i was growing tired of my husband's pinchpenny ways., the film was shot o…

Meanings of Pincushion:

noun

A small pad for holding pins.

Usage examples:

Vibrantly colored beadwork spilled across the fabric of souvenir pincushions, picture frames and wa…

Meanings of Pincushions:

noun

A small pad for holding pins.

Usage examples:

Vibrantly colored beadwork spilled across the fabric of souvenir pincushions, picture frames and wa…

Meanings of Pindaric:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the greek lyric poet pindar or his works.

Usage examples:

The pindaric ode is typically passionate

noun

A poem in the style of the greek lyric poet pindar.

Usage examples:

She wrote a pindaric to the second duke of albemarle on his departure to become governor of jamaica

Meanings of Pindarical:

adjective

Pindaric.

Meanings of Pindarism:

noun

Pindaric style; an imitation of, or a passage reminiscent of, pindar's poetry.

Meanings of Pinder:

noun

A person in charge of impounding stray animals. compare pinner , poinder .

Meanings of Pindling:

adjective

(chiefly new england regional and south midland). sickly, delicate; puny. also occasionally: trifling, insignificant.

Meanings of Pine-away:

noun

An evergreen tree that has thin leaves like needles and that grows in cool northern regions, or the wood of these trees

Usage examples:

Bradley pined for his wife, who was far away.

Meanings of Pine-for:

phrasal verb

To want or miss something or someone very much

Usage examples:

He's still pining for his ex-girlfriend., after three months away, i was pining for home.

Meanings of Pineal:

noun

A pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third ventricle of the brain, secreting a hormone-like substance in some mammals.

Usage examples:

Other distinct anatomic structures such as the pineal gland and third ventricle could not be identi…

Meanings of Pinealectomy:

noun

Surgical removal of the pineal gland; an instance of this.

Meanings of Pineapple:

noun

A large juicy tropical fruit consisting of aromatic edible yellow flesh surrounded by a tough segmented skin and topped with a tuft of stiff leaves.

Usage examples:

Roughly chop the pineapples and apricots

Meanings of Pinecone:

noun

The conical or rounded woody fruit of a pine tree, with scales which open to release the seeds.

Meanings of Pined:

verb

Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.

Usage examples:

She thinks i am pining away from love

noun

An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

Usage examples:

Hollyhock landed in a low branch of a pine tree, and dangled there as she tried to find a way to ge…

Meanings of Pinedrops:

noun

A tall saprophytic plant, pterospora andromedea (family ericaceae), of north american pine forests.

Meanings of Pineland:

noun

Land, especially in the southern united states, on which pine trees are the characteristic growth; a tract of land covered in pine trees.

Meanings of Pinene:

noun

A colourless flammable liquid present in turpentine, juniper oil, and other natural extracts.

Usage examples:

She tells us that the principal constituents of lavender are alcohols such as borneol, geraniol and…

Meanings of Pineta:

noun

A plantation of pine trees or other conifers planted for scientific or ornamental purposes.

Usage examples:

In the afternoon, we visited the pinetum and a somewhat more natural area adjacent to the conifers.