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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 絞る
 搾る
 しぼる
 Godan verb with `ru' ending
 transitive verb
 [esp. 絞る]
 to wring (towel, rag)
 to squeeze
 [esp. 搾る]
 to squeeze (fruit to extract juice)
 to press
 to extract
 to milk
 to express milk
 to rack (one's brains)
 to strain (one's voice)
 to extort
 to exploit
 see: 油を絞る・1
 [often passive voice]
 to chew out
 to reprimand severely
 to rake over the coals
 to give a sound scolding
 to tell someone off
 to scold
 to rebuke
 to drill into
 to train
 to narrow down (one's focus)
 to whittle down
 to gather up (curtain, etc.)
 to tighten (drawstring)
 to stop down (lens)
 to turn down (e.g. radio)
 to bend (bow)
 to draw
 sumo term
 to hold down
 to constrict
 to immobilize