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pinch out

pinch out verb: the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit.

Verb

pinch out (third-person singular simple present pinches out, present participle pinching out, simple past and past participle pinched out)

  1. the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit
  2. a plant's side shoots
  3. For a distinct body of rock between underlying and overlying strata, to thin out and come to an end, so that the strata above come to lie on the strata below.

Noun

pinch out (plural pinch outs)

  1. A volume of rock or oil trapped or isolated between strata that have pinched it out.

Forms of pinch out

Verb
third-person singular presentpinches out
present participlepinching out
past participlepinched out
pastpinched out
Noun
pluralpinch outs

Questions about pinch out

What does pinch out mean?
Pinch out means the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit.
What part of speech is pinch out?
Pinch out can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of pinch out?
The past tense of pinch out is pinched out.

Words near pinch out in the dictionary

  1. pinch modes
  2. pinch of salt
  3. pinch of the game
  4. pinch off
  5. pinch one off
  6. pinch out
  7. pinch outs
  8. pinch pennies
  9. pinch point
  10. pinch points
  11. pinch pot

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