squeeze /skwēz/

1. To crush, press hard, compress
2. To grasp tightly
3. To embrace
4. To force by pressing
5. To effect, render, or put by pressing
6. To crush the juice or liquid from
7. (with off) to fire (a bullet)
8. To force to discard winning cards
9. To fleece, extort from
10. To take a rubbing of

1. To press
2. To crowd
3. To crush
4. To force a way
5. To yield to pressure

1. The act of squeezing
2. Pressure
3. A restriction or time of restriction (usu financial or commercial)
4. A crowded assembly
5. An embrace
6. A close grasp
7. A portion withheld and appropriated as by an official
8. A rubbing
9. A few drops obtained by squeezing
10. Play that forces an opponent to discard a potentially winning card (also squeeze play; bridge)
11. A girlfriend or boyfriend (informal)

• defenceless
• defencelessly
• defencelessness
• defencelessnesses
• defenceman
• defence mechanism
• defence mechanisms
• defencemen
• defences
• defend
• defendable
• defendant
• defendants
• defended
• defender
• Defenderism
• defender of the faith
• defenders
• defending
• defends
• defenestration
• defenestrations
• defensative
• defensatives
• defense