• tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger

Synonyms: strained, stressed, fraught, tense, taut, tired, worn, drained, sapped

• suffering from financial hardship

• grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb

Synonyms: nip, tweak, squeeze, compress, grasp

• move one's finger and thumb apart or bring them together on (a touchscreen) in order to zoom into or out of an image, activate a function, etc.

• steal or take without permission

Synonyms: steal, thieve, rob, take, snatch, pilfer, purloin, loot, rifle, abscond with, carry off

• live in a frugal way

Synonyms: economize, be economical, scrimp, scrimp and save, cut corners, reduce wastage, skimp, stint, be sparing, be frugal, cut back, tighten one's belt, draw in one's horns, retrench, cut expenditure, cut one's coat according to one's cloth

• sail (a boat) so close to the wind that the sails begin to lose power