A disk-shaped doughnut can also be stretched and pinched into a torus until the center breaks to form a hole.

Another is to check body parts like hands and feet for numbness or coldness, which can happen if nerves have been pinched or blood circulation has been blocked.

In British slang terminology, the term " nicked " is often synonymous with being arrested, and " nick " can also refer to a police station, and the term " pinched " is also common.

* Nerve compression hypothesis: suggests that when the vertebrae are out of alignment, the nerve roots and / or spinal cord can become pinched or irritated.

The bottle was pinched into a special shape, as can be seen in the photo to the left, to provide a chamber into which the marble was pushed to open the bottle.

The bottle was pinched into a special shape, as can be seen in the photo to the right, to provide a chamber into which the marble was pushed to open the bottle.

The ulnar nerve can be trapped or pinched as it proceeds from the brachial plexus to the fingertips.

This can happen if the skin is crushed, pinched or aggressively squeezed.

If it is not parallel, the workpiece can often become pinched between the blade and the fence, inducing violent kickback and causing injury.

Cutting a warped or twisted board along the rip fence is dangerous because it can get pinched between the fence and blade.

Because only the blooming stem is so affected, some stems can be pinched for leaf production, while others are left to bloom for decoration or seeds.

They are commonly referred to as sweat bees ( especially the smaller species ), as they are often attracted to perspiration ; when pinched, females can give a minor sting.

Cownose rays may be seen in selected zoo aquariums and often featured in special ' touch tanks ' where visitors can reach into a wide but shallow pool containing the fish which have had their barbs pinched or taken off, making them safe enough to touch.

If these attacks can be set up on both sides of the route of attack, the armored spearhead is forced into an ever-decreasing frontage, eventually being pinched off and losing the ability to maneuver.

This increases the risk of the rim bottoming out on the ground, however, and this is a problem with clincher tires because the tube can be pinched by the rim, causing a flat.

If the let-off is too large, it can be very difficult to achieve a pianissimo, to execute rapid trills, and to play powerful fortes ; if too small, notes can acquire a " pinched " sound, or even block.

Traditionally speaking, dipping tobacco is used in a manner similar or nearly identical to snus, in which instead of literally chewing on tobacco, a small clump, or quid ( or in some cases a tobacco-filled pouch ), of the shredded product is " pinched " out of the can and placed between the lip and the gum.

As Nintu legends states she pinched off fourteen pieces of primordial clay which she formed into womb deities, seven on the left and seven on the right with a brick between them, who produced the first seven pairs of human embryos.

A pinched nerve occurs when pressure is placed on a nerve, usually from swelling due to an injury or pregnancy.

The shape of Hart's Location is unusual: about long and wide, with crooked boundaries that echo the paths of the upper Saco River and U. S. Route 302 ( near the centerline of the town ), pinched from both sides between steep mountains and in some areas sheer cliffs above.

The war frees the Rowans from the dismal monotony of their pinched white-collar lives.

* Pylos: A bay in the Peloponnese, shut in by the island of Sphacteria, it is associated with Cleon's famous victory and there are many references to it in the play: as a cake that Cleon pinched from Demosthenes ( lines 57, 355, 1167 ); as a place where Cleon like a colossus has got one foot ( 76 ); as an oath by which Cleon swears ( 702 ); as the place where Cleon snatched victory from the Athenian generals ( 742 ); as the origin of captured Spartan shields ( 846 ); as an epithet of the goddess Athena ( 1172 ); and as an equivalent of the hare that Agoracritus stole from Cleon ( 1201 ).

Some, whom their wounds, pinched by the morning cold, had roused, as they were rising up, covered with blood, from the midst of the heaps of slain, were overpowered by the enemy.

The suprapatellar bursa is prevented from being pinched during extension by the articularis genu muscle.

With less-rigid materials such as a butternut squash, an acute blade prevents the blade from being pinched by the material.

However, Lewis probably got that name from the Terebinth tree in the Bible, so both of us pinched from somewhere else, probably unconsciously.

The name is derived from the tissue where the labia meet the clitoral hood, which looks like a triangle when pinched.

In 1951 he lost when Bill Barilko pinched in from the blue line and scored from a scramble.

By Volume 4 in the manga, Anzu is fired from that job for punching a customer who had pinched her buttocks.

Horses may also lose muscle tone from traveling with a hollowed back, leading to increased risk of lordosis (" swayback "), kissing spines, or pinched nerves.

He pitched in fewer than 20 innings for the Blue Jays from 1989 -, because of the surgery, a pinched nerve in his elbow, tendinitis, and another arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder.

The snout of Rhynchoedura ornata is narrow and beak-like, its characteristic pinched head readily distinguishes it from other gecko species.

He wrote in his autobiography It Doesn't Take A Hero, that Trưởng " did not look like my idea of a military genius: only five feet seven … very skinny, with hunched shoulders and a head that seemed too big for his body … His face was pinched and intense … and there was always a cigarette hanging from his lips.

Stewart charged up from the third row and moved inside Ginther in the Esses, but the Honda pinched the gap closed, forcing Stewart into the curb and bending his suspension.

In an interview during the 1970s with author Jean-Luc Chaumeil, Philippe de Chérisey asserted: " the parchments of the Gospel according to Saint Luke fabricated by me and for which I pinched the uncial text from the work L ' archéologie chrétienne ( Christian Archaeology ) by Dom Cabrol at the National Library, section C25 ".

The Division pursued the enemy to the hills near Sezze until pinched out by friendly forces from Anzio.

`` We'll double teams zigzagging up the mountain, Harmony '', he spoke reassuringly, concerned by the pinched look around her mouth.

Be sure the tappets are not pinched by a twisted 1/2'' '' sq. spacer.

In Misamis Oriental, the plain is narrower and in places almost pinched out by rugged forelands which reach to the sea.

Nerve damage or pinched nerves are usually accompanied by pain, numbness, weakness, or paralysis.

The Eustachian tubes are normally pinched off at the nose end, to prevent being clogged with mucus, but they may be opened by lowering and protruding the jaw ; this is why yawning or chewing helps relieve the pressure felt in the ears when on board an aircraft.

Also seen was the slate holder ( usually played by Hattie Winston ) who occasionally pinched her fingers in the clapper.

The section of Highway 1 that crosses the Malahat northwest of Victoria has no stoplights yet, but is tightly pinched by rugged terrain that prevents widening to four lanes and sometimes forces closure for hours at a time after a traffic accident.

Scrooge himself is the embodiment of winter, and, just as winter is followed by spring and the renewal of life, so too is Scrooge's cold, pinched heart restored to the innocent goodwill he had known in his childhood and youth.

As they walk, Maria is pinched by a man who pesters her until she is rescued by Giorgio, who then asks Anita to go with him the next day to his family's country farm to attend a celebration.

Normally, an Open course is quite long and will have a high cut of primary rough ( termed " Open rough " by the American press and fans ), undulating greens ( such as at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2005, which was described by Johnny Miller of NBC as " like trying to hit a ball on top of a VW Beetle "), and pinched fairways ( especially on what are expected to be less difficult holes ).

This second song is commonly described by use of mnemonics with the cadence of " Po-or Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody " ( or " O-oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada ") The rhythm is very regular, and the timbre could be described as pinched.

John Hale in A Modest Inquiry described the affliction that the girls suffered by saying they looked as if they " were bitten and pinched by invisible agents ; their arms, necks, and backs turned this way and that way, and returned back again, so as it was impossible for them to do of themselves, and beyond the power of Epileptick fits, or natural disease to effect.

* Obstructed airways — The restoration of normal breathing by correcting nasal obstruction caused by a cosmetic rhinoplasty wherein nasal cartilages were over-aggressively trimmed, and the nose appears pinched, which compromises nasal potency ( airflow ), especially when the patient attempts deep inspiration.

An earlobe piercing performed with an ear piercing instrument is often described as feeling similar to being pinched, or being snapped by a rubber band.

In tendinitis of the shoulder, the rotator cuff and / or biceps tendon become inflamed, usually as a result of being pinched by surrounding structures.