persen — meaning in English

English meaning

• juice noun The natural liquid found in fruit, vegetables, or meat, or a drink made from it.
• shoehorn noun A smooth, curved tool used to help slide your heel into a shoe.
• 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.

shoehorn — full definition

1. noun A smooth, curved tool used to help slide your heel into a shoe.
2. verb To force something into a space or schedule that is too small or too full for it.

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