pinches off
Squeezes to detach
To pinch off is to separate something by squeezing it between thumb and finger, or between two surfaces that come together.
You pinch off a piece of dough, a dead flower head, or a bit of clay.
The phrase extends to any constriction that severs flow: The clamp pinches off blood supply to the vessel.
In geology, a vein or stratum that pinches off gradually narrows until it disappears.
- cytokinesisCytoplasmic division after mitosis
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- squeezingPressing inward firmly
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
splitting · exocytosis · clipping · snapping · binary fission · breaking away · detaching · breaks free · compartmentalizing · plucking · abscission · crimping · withdrawing · cutting · compressing · segmenting · tearing · tears away
flow restriction
pinches offreleases
Lets go or publishes
opens up · unblocks · frees · opens the floodgates · unclenches