held tight (verb) squeeze: exert pressure on sides, parts of something
Sinonime: apoplectic, at a standstill, at rest, becalmed, dead*, deadlocked, deathly, firm, fixed, frozen, halted, immobile, immotile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, numb, palsied, paralyzed, petrified, quiescent, quiet, spellbound, stable, stagnant, stalled, standing, static*, stationary, steadfast, still, torpid, transfixed, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving
Antonime: expand, uncompress