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vise

or vice

[ vahys ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.

verb (used with object)

vised, vising.

to hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.

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[ vee-zey, vee-zey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

��éed, ��éing.

visa.

vise

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

a variant spelling of vice 2

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of vise¹

1300–50; Middle English vis < Old French: screw < Latin ��ī�پ�� vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)

Origin of vise²

< French, past participle of viser to inspect, check; visa

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Koufax created a vise between his middle finger and the knuckle on his ring finger.

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“It’s like having a big block of ice in a vise and you are just slowly cranking up the vise,” he said.

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Doctors caught in this vise are in effect being told that they must allow a pregnant woman’s condition to deteriorate until she is near death before they can act.

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“Our sanctions today continue to tighten the vise on willing third-country suppliers and networks providing Russia the inputs it desperately needs to ramp up and sustain its military-industrial base.”

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To the moody strains of Sheik’s alt-rock score, the vise of adolescence is captured in a story about pubescent youths rebelling against the warping will of adult hypocrisy and repression.

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