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Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.
Ayelet Waldman

Meaning of "pliers" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLIERS

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLIERS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLIERS

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pliers is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLIERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pliers

Pliers

Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, possibly developed from tongs used to handle hot metal in Bronze Age Europe. They are also useful for bending and compressing a wide range of materials. Generally, pliers consist of a pair of metal first-class levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other side. This arrangement creates a mechanical advantage, allowing the force of the hand's grip to be amplified and focused on an object with precision. The jaws can also be used to manipulate objects too small or unwieldy to be manipulated with the fingers. Pincers are a similar tool with a different type of head used for cutting and pulling, rather than squeezing. Tools which are effectively pliers designed principally for safely handling hot objects are usually called tongs. Special tools for making crimp connections in electrical and electronic applications are often called "crimping pliers"; each type of connection uses its own dedicated tool. There are many kinds of pliers made for various general and specific purposes.

Definition of pliers in the English dictionary

The definition of pliers in the dictionary is a gripping tool consisting of two hinged arms with usually serrated jaws that close on the workpiece.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLIERS


Algiers
ælˈdʒɪəz
arrears
əˈrɪəz
cheers
tʃɪəz
Cordeliers
ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪəz
Himalayas
ˌhɪməˈleɪəz
Myers
ˈmaɪəz
Pamirs
pəˈmɪəz
Pears
pɪəz
premiers
ˈprɛmɪəz
Proteas
ˈprəʊtɪəz
Sayers
ˈseɪəz
shears
ʃɪəz
shires
ˈʃaɪəz
Spears
spɪəz
Spires
spaɪəz
tears
tɪəz
Teniers
ˈtɛnɪəz
years
ˈjɪəz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLIERS

plicae
plical
plicate
plicated
plicately
plicateness
plication
plicature
plied
plier
plies
plight
plight one´s troth
plighter
plightful
plim
plimsole
plimsoll
Plimsoll line
pling

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLIERS

Angers
Aubervilliers
covers
Hilary of Poitiers
lanciers
letters
Masters
matters
numbers
orders
others
papers
partners
Poitiers
primers
tariff barriers
the Cordeliers
Thiers
trade barriers
Villiers

Synonyms and antonyms of pliers in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pliers» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLIERS

Find out the translation of pliers to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pliers from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pliers» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

老虎钳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alicates
570 millions of speakers

English

pliers
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सरौता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زَرْدِيَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плоскогубцы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alicate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্লাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tenaille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zange
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プライヤー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

펜치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pliers
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kìm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடுக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पक्कड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kerpeten
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pinze
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczypce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плоскогубці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clește
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πένσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tång
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pliers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLIERS»

The term «pliers» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.113 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLIERS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pliers

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QUOTES WITH «PLIERS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pliers.
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Ayelet Waldman
Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLIERS»

Discover the use of pliers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pliers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy: How to Philosophize with a ...
"A collection of essays that addresses philosophical aspects of the films of Quentin Tarantino, focusing on topics in ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, language, and cultural identity"--Provided by publisher.
Richard Greene, K. Silem Mohammad, 2013
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Popular Science
AJTOMOTIVE pliers comprise a large family of tools, all based on two levers on a common pivot acting opposite to each other. Slip-joint pliers have deeply milled jaw teeth to grip round or odd-shaped parts. An elongated pivot hole allows ...
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Tools and Their Uses
Vise grip pliers. 1.2 iD 7 POSITIONS 44.22 Figure 1-97.— Water pump pliers. 1.21(448)8 Figure 1-98.— Channel-lock pliers. Slip- joint comhination pliers (fig. 1-95) are pliers similar to the slip-joint pliers just descrihed, hut with the additional ...
U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel, 2013
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Auto Upholstery and Interiors: A Do-It-Yourself, Basic Guide ...
Hog ring pliers are notched so that they hold the hog ring while you position the ring and material over the frame or listing wire. Sometimes you need to pull very hard on the material so it helps that you don't have to worry about the hog ring ...
Bruce Caldwell, 1997
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Popular Science
PS guide to pliers and cutters By THOMAS H. JONES Most of us acquire pliers and cutters haphazardly: A pair of gas pliers inherited from somewhere, long- nose pliers when an earring drops down the sink drain, and miniature pliers for wiring ...
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Pliers
What. are. Pliers are tools that grip and bend objects. Some pliers can cut things too. Pliers have handles that open and close like a pair of scissors. The head of the pliers has jaws that grip things.
Anders Hanson, 2010
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Popular Mechanics
Though there are probably special-purpose pliers for almost any gripping task, the old reliable slip-joint pliers is undoubtedly the most familiar-looking and versatile gripping tool you can own. The term "slip-joint" means the jaw pivot can be ...
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Chained: Create Gorgeous Chain Mail Jewelry One Ring at a Time
Pliers are the essential tool for chain mail weavers. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and there is no “One Tool Fits All.” Everyone's hands are different; weavers should choose pliers based on palm size,finger length and hand ...
Rebeca Mojica, 2010
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Not Your Mama's Beading: The Cool and Creative Way to String ...
Big Fat Pliers Ti'your jewelry oeuvre will involve wirework~hell, even if it wonyt~ youill absolutely need the following flavors of pliers: Q Chain nose pliers. Chain nose pliers look a lot like plain old needle nose pliers found in every hardware ...
Kate Shoup, 2006
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What Do Pliers Do?
Pliers are simple machines. They are levers. A lever is a strong bar. People use levers to move or hold things. The bar moves back and forth or up and down on a point called a fulcrum. You push on one end of the bar, and the other end moves  ...
Robin Nelson, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLIERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pliers is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Is This House Dangling From The Arm Of A Crane?
... crane operator literally yanked a building out of the ground, as cleanly as an amateur dentist pulling a tooth out with a pair of pliers. Called ... «Co.Design, Jul 15»
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South Hadley's arts, music festival keeps on growing
SOUTH HADLEY — Armed with a torch, pliers and sunglasses, Hugh Naggar fielded questions about his glassblowing and spinning as he ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»
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Spate of thefts from vans in Bury St Edmunds
Offenders forced entry to a further van on Norfolk Road and took a selection of hand tools including pliers, hammers, chisels and claw hammers ... «Bury Free Press, Jul 15»
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Hacking Cheap Chinese PID Temperature Controllers
Get some thin-walled PTFE tubing and heat the end until it goes clear, then pinch it closed with pliers, test for leaks by blowing air into the other ... «Hackaday, Jul 15»
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Man, 76, in induced coma after being hit by ute outside Settlers …
Police were called to the service station shortly after 9.30pm on April 5 following reports of a man, armed with a pair of pliers, had threatened ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Review: 'The Book of Aron' by Jim Shepard
The enormity of the Holocaust is rendered in various ways, from casual cruelty (Nazis pulling a Jewish man by the nose with pliers because he ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
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Firefighters rescue more than 500 trapped people in the past year …
Crews used pliers and bolt croppers to release his finger from the scales. Fire crews try to free the man who was stuck up to his thighs in the. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
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JIM STEWART ESTATE
Gauges & Testers | Snap-On Deluxe A/C Clutch Hub Puller & Installer | NAPA Valve Spring Compressor | Crescent & Other Adj. Wrenches | Linesman Pliers ... «kwbe, Jul 15»
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Thank you, cockroaches
(It did, but only with a pair of pliers jammed into the space where the knobs would have been.) My little apartment was the scene of my first encounter with ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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Help bolster the Strathmore Men's Shed tool box
Pliers, all sorts. Ratchet sets. Spanners. Allen keys. Saws. Corking gun. Centre punch. To donate phone Rod Gurry on 0412 338 844 to arrange ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»

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