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vise
1[ vahys ]
noun
- any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
verb (used with object)
- to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.
visé
2[ vee-zey, vee-zey ]
noun
- visa.
vise
/ vaɪs /
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Other Words From
- viselike adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vise1
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Example Sentences
Her cold, thin fingers wrapped around my jaw like a Vise-Grip.
Their world is changing—has already changed, really—in the vise of the economy and new technology.
He flung himself forward, and catching her upper arms in the grip of a vise shook her until her teeth clacked together.
I grabbed hold of the vise-locking screw to keep my knees from doubling under me.
There is a sharp sting in my tongue, my jaws are gripped as by a vise, and my mouth is torn open.
He strove desperately, but each effort only wedged him more firmly in the awful vise.
A serviceable and inexpensive bench vise can be made in the following manner: Procure a piece of hard wood, 1 in.
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