shut sth in sth
— phrasal verb with shut uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/verb [ I or T ] present participle shutting, past tense and past participle shut
to catch part of your body or an object inside a device or container when it closes:
Steve was off work for a week after he shut his hand in the car door.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compress
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- crush
- depress
- firm
- grind
- ground
- mill
- pack
- pinch
- pound
- pulp
- pulverize
- scrunch
- shut
- squeeze
- squinch
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