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# wince

«wince» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make a quick face or small movement when you feel pain…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (wince, winces, winced, wincing); noun (a wince)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To wince is to make a quick face or small movement when you feel pain or see or hear something unpleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/#m1)

2) A wince is that quick look of pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows pain or embarrassment without words: «he winced as the nurse cleaned the cut» tells the reader it stung. Writing lessons use «wince» as a strong verb to show feelings. Phrases: «wince in pain», «make someone wince», «with a wince».

### examples

- He winced when the nurse gave him the injection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/#x1)
- I winced as I pulled off the plaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/#x2)
- She winced at the loud screech of the chalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/#x3)
- The cold water made me wince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/#x4)
- Dad winced when he saw the price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/#x5)
- She smiled through a wince when she stood up on her sore ankle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: winced, wincing (drop the e). Similar: «flinch» (jerk away), «grimace» (an ugly face). A wince is quick and small.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wince» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wince/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.