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pinching out

pinching out is the present participle and gerund 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 pinching out

What is pinching out the present participle and gerund of?
Pinching out is the present participle and gerund of pinch out.

Words near pinching out in the dictionary

  1. pinching
  2. pinching a loaf
  3. pinching at
  4. pinching off
  5. pinching one off
  6. pinching out
  7. pinching pennies
  8. pinchingly
  9. pinchings
  10. Pinchinthorpe
  11. pinchite

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