Cinch vs Since - What's the difference?
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A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
* He found Andy morosely replacing some broken strands in his cinch , and he went straight at the mooted question. — B. M. Bower, The Flying U's Last Stand
(informal) Something that is very easy to do.
* "We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that." — Major Archibald Lee Fletcher, Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns
(informal) A firm hold.
* You've got the cinch on him. You could send him to quod, and I'd send him there as quick as lightning. I'd hang him, if I could, for what he done to Lil Sarnia. — Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale,
To bring to certain conclusion.
To tighten down.
From a specified time in the past.
From (time).
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* (William Shakespeare)
As a noun cinch
is a simple saddle girth used in mexico.As a verb cinch
is to bring to certain conclusion.As an adverb since is
from a specified time in the past.As a preposition since is
from (time).As a conjunction since is
from the time that.cinch
English
Noun
(es)- No problem ... it's a cinch .
Synonyms
* (something that is very easy to do) See also (an activity that is easy) * breeze * cakewalk * doddle * piece of cake * walk in the park * walkoverVerb
Quotations
* 1911', ''"I intend to '''cinch that government business."'' — Margaret Burnham, ''The Girl Aviators' Sky CruiseDerived terms
* cinchersince
English
Adverb
(-)Preposition
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Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}
Antonyms
* untilConjunction
(English Conjunctions)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}
Digital Forensics, passage=Since the 1980s, computers have had increasing roles in all aspects of human life—including an involvement in criminal acts. This development has led to the rise of digital forensics, the uncovering and examination of evidence located on all things electronic with digital storage, including computers, cell phones, and networks.}}
citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
- Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field?
