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pinches out

pinches out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pinch out.

Meaning of pinch out

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.

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Questions about pinches out

What is pinches out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pinches out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pinch out.

Words near pinches out in the dictionary

  1. pinches a loaf
  2. pinches at
  3. pinches of salt
  4. pinches off
  5. pinches one off
  6. pinches out
  7. pinchfist
  8. pinchfisted
  9. pinchfists
  10. pinchforce
  11. pinchforces

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