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The definition of a vise, an alternative spelling for vice, is a tool to grip something firmly as it is worked on.

(noun)

An example of a vise is a tool on a workbench holding a piece of wood that is being sanded.

Vise is to grip or squeeze something tightly.

(verb)

An example of vise is for a bad headache to squeeze someone's head with pain and pressure.

See vise in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a device, usually fastened to a workbench, consisting of two jaws opened and closed by a screw, lever, etc. and used for holding firmly an object being worked on

Origin: ME vis, a screw < OFr viz, a winding object < VL *vitium, tendril-like thing < L vitis, vine, lit., that which winds: see withe

transitive verb vised, vising

to hold or squeeze with or as with a vise

See vise in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also vice

noun

A clamping device, usually consisting of two jaws closed or opened by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.

transitive verb vised vised also viced, vis·ing also vic·ing, vis·es also vic·es

To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English vis, screwlike device

Origin: , from Old French, screw

Origin: , from Latin vītis, vine (from its spiral wrappings); see wei- in Indo-European roots

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