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persen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • juice noun The natural liquid found in fruit, vegetables, or meat, or a drink made from it.
  • squeeze verb To press something firmly from two or more sides.

Senses

persen is used for these senses in English:

  • juice (transitive) To extract the juice from something.
  • shoehorn (transitive, figuratively) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
  • squeeze (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
  • squeeze (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.

juice — full definition

  1. noun The natural liquid found in fruit, vegetables, or meat, or a drink made from it.
  2. noun Informal: the power, energy, or resources that make something work — electricity, fuel, or vitality.
  3. verb To extract the liquid from fruit or vegetables, typically with a machine.

squeeze — full definition

  1. verb To press something firmly from two or more sides.
  2. verb To force something into a tight space, or manage to fit it in.
  3. verb To put pressure on someone, financially or otherwise.
  4. noun An act of pressing or hugging something.
  5. noun A difficult situation caused by limited time, money, or space.

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