Vise meaning

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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.

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

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Vise is to grip or squeeze something tightly.

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

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A heavy clamp, usually mounted on a workbench and operated by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.
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To hold or compress in or as if in a vise.
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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.
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To hold or squeeze with or as with a vise.
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(US) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
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Origin of vise

Middle English vis screwlike device from Old French screw from Latin vītis vine (from its spiral wrappings) wei- in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • Had she ever been able to breathe without the vise of her destiny squeezing her chest?

  • The idea of him in pain caused the familiar vise around her chest to return.

  • In Belgium it is canalized between Liege and Vise, and the Dutch are engaged on the same operation below Maestricht.

  • He was standing close to the door and as soon as it opened his rough old arms closed like a vise round his son's neck, and without a word he began to sob like a child.

  • There are a variety of successful methods for stress headache relief that helps ease the vise like pressure and constant pain quickly.

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