Vise
noun
A tool with two parts that can be moved together by tightening a screw to hold something tightly.
He held the piece of wood in the vise and sawed it in half.
Often appears as...
- tighten the vise
- put in a vise
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A position or situation that is difficult to get out of or that causes a lot of trouble.
The company found itself in a vise of declining profits and increasing costs.
Often appears as...
- caught in a vise
- financial vise
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A tool with two parts that can be moved together by tightening a screw to hold something tightly.
He held the piece of wood in the vise and sawed it in half.
Often appears as...
- tighten the vise
- put in a vise
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A position or situation that is difficult to get out of or that causes a lot of trouble.
The company found itself in a vise of declining profits and increasing costs.
Often appears as...
- caught in a vise
- financial vise
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Workshop Essential
Used in professions requiring precision to hold items securely.
The jeweler used the vise to carefully polish the ring.
Pro Tip 2/3Adjustable Pressure
A vise can apply various amounts of pressure; not always to the maximum.
He adjusted the vise gently to not damage the delicate electronics.
Pro Tip 3/3Two Main Parts
Consists of two parallel jaws, one fixed and one movable.
Align your material between the vise's jaws before tightening.
Pro Tip 1/3Workshop Essential
Used in professions requiring precision to hold items securely.
The jeweler used the vise to carefully polish the ring.
Pro Tip 2/3Adjustable Pressure
A vise can apply various amounts of pressure; not always to the maximum.
He adjusted the vise gently to not damage the delicate electronics.
Pro Tip 3/3Two Main Parts
Consists of two parallel jaws, one fixed and one movable.
Align your material between the vise's jaws before tightening.
Pro Tip 1/3Workshop Essential
Used in professions requiring precision to hold items securely.
The jeweler used the vise to carefully polish the ring.
Pro Tip 2/3Adjustable Pressure
A vise can apply various amounts of pressure; not always to the maximum.
He adjusted the vise gently to not damage the delicate electronics.
Pro Tip 3/3Two Main Parts
Consists of two parallel jaws, one fixed and one movable.
Align your material between the vise's jaws before tightening.
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Our buggy moral code -...
and you can try to examine this question maybe learn something about the world so that's what I I was still interested this question of how do you take bandages of burn patient so originally I didn't have much money so I went to a hardware store and I bought a carpenter's vise and I would bring people to the lab and I would put
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Our buggy moral code PIPE...
some abstract way and you can try to examine this question maybe learn something about the world so that's what I did I was still interested this question of how do you take bandages of burned patient so originally I didn't have much money so I went to a hardware store and I bought a carpenter's vise and I would bring
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Praying Mantis Attack In...
so just see ya just closes up like a vise mr. Kwik it's kind of trapped by a tent of needles there I was really nice was their vision actually they've got
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Taboo? Flesh Branding PIPE...
cannot give him an anesthetic Brian's only tools are a wedge of stainless steel a vise grip and a blowtorch from the first strike the pain
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Our buggy moral code -...
and you can try to examine this question maybe learn something about the world so that's what I I was still interested this question of how do you take bandages of burn patient so originally I didn't have much money so I went to a hardware store and I bought a carpenter's vise and I would bring people to the lab and I would put
Video examples
Our buggy moral code PIPE...
some abstract way and you can try to examine this question maybe learn something about the world so that's what I did I was still interested this question of how do you take bandages of burned patient so originally I didn't have much money so I went to a hardware store and I bought a carpenter's vise and I would bring
Video examples
Praying Mantis Attack In...
so just see ya just closes up like a vise mr. Kwik it's kind of trapped by a tent of needles there I was really nice was their vision actually they've got
Video examples
Taboo? Flesh Branding PIPE...
cannot give him an anesthetic Brian's only tools are a wedge of stainless steel a vise grip and a blowtorch from the first strike the pain
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Rodney King
American Celebrity
I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.
Quote examples
Rodney King
American Celebrity
I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.
Example 1 of 1
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