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ci'mb|ël nf 1 small and thin particle: sliver, speck, mote 2 tiny leaf on the side of a tobacco plant 3 tender bud of a new twig 4 = cen 5 (Bot) herbaceous plant growing along the coastal cliffs, with small smooth clustered leaves boiled and eaten as salad cimb|i'dh nm 1 fire tongs 2 small wide-mouthed pincers 3 barrette 4 tweezers = piskato're 5 roofing shears cimb|i'dh· III§ vt 1 to pinch [ ] (with the fingers) 2 to take a pinch of [food], break/nip off a small piece of [ ]; pluck hair with tweezers IV§ vi to experience a pricking feeling, hurt = sëmbo'·n