As a sponge exudes moisture by continuous squeezing, so the sun pours forth heat by continuous shrinking.

Rosa seized Dick's hand and began a convulsive squeezing.

The canes, tied into small bundles for greater compression, were given a double squeezing while passing through the mill.

If soaked over night, a gentle squeezing will usually be quite sufficient to remove all soil, or if a little borax (a handful to ten gallons of water) or household ammonia in the proportion of two tablespoonfuls to a pail of water be added, two or three hours' soaking will suffice.

It was all the "hut" would hold, with tight squeezing.