vise /vaɪs/noun 4verb 1/viːˈzeɪ/ noun 1/viːˈzeɪ/ verb 1forms 8 noun4 •An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.Clamp this loop in a strong vise and twist the two ends evenly into one piece. As the twisting progresses, move the wire along so as to keep the grip of the vise close to the hands. — 1937 •(figurative) A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained.I'd like to know what would become of us in the next ten minutes. They've got us in a vise. We're done for, Gall. — 1921 •(no longer used) A screw. •(no longer used) A spiral staircase. verb1 •To clamp with or as with a vise.He looked to see the secretary, vised and crackled in those arms, drop limp and senseless. — 1904 visé /viːˈzeɪ/ noun1 •(no longer used) visa. verb1 •(no longer used) To examine and endorse (a passport, etc.); to visa.[…] unable to be abroad after ten at night, or to carry a gun, or to remove into another district without a written pass which must be visé on reaching a police-station. — 1872 formsvised · viséd · viséed · viseing · vising · viséing · vises · visés
