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Main Entry:	purse [purs] Show IPA/pɜrs/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	tote for carrying personal items
Synonyms:	bag, billfold, bursa, carryall, clutch, frame, handbag, hide, leather, lizard, moneybag, pocket, pocketbook, poke, pouch, receptacle, reticule, sack, wallet

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Main Entry:	purse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	press together
Synonyms:	close, cockle, contract, crease, knit, pucker, ruffle, tighten, wrinkle
Antonyms:	open

Main Entry:	bag
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	container for one's possesions
Synonyms:	attaché, backpack, briefcase, carry-on, carryall, case, duffel, gear, handbag, haversack, holdall, kit, knapsack, pack, packet, pocket, pocketbook, poke, pouch, purse, rucksack, sac, sack, saddlebag, satchel, suitcase, tote

Example Sentences

Canseco told him, then took a beeper from her purse and returned the purse.

Don't be the guy that students and collegues refer to as the prof with the purse.

The boat, a big industrial vessel known as a purse seiner, was easy prey.

Canseco told him, then took a beeper from her purse and returned the purse.

Don't be the guy that students and collegues refer to as the prof with the purse.

The boat, a big industrial vessel known as a purse seiner, was easy prey.

Includes a clip for attaching to a backpack or purse.

The iris sphincter is arranged in a circular pattern, similar to a purse string.

The perfect place for sweethounds to stash their candy money is this coin purse woven from foil candy wrappers.

Many ladies carry in their purse, making them more vulnerable because the purse is often the target of the attack.

The purse contained no cash, but other contents were apparently intact.

Next best, go everywhere with a woman and make her carry everything in her purse.

Congress has always held the purse strings, and now the judicial system is on the street begging.

Christina should have been aboard with her change purse.

For that purse you should use deep soil penetratig radar.

Other klepto terns-sly as purse snatchers-pre ferred to jump their victims on the ground.

If you are looking for drugs, look no further than your wallet or purse.

Customers can use the electronic purse cards by inserting them into slots on vending machines or small terminals.

Zandonella-Stannard carries her digital camera around campus in her purse everywhere she goes, and she pulls it.

And that may make her even more reluctant to open her purse.

As it is the purse strings are controlled by congress and they can simply not fund the organization.

One lady brought in an alligator purse that probably belonged to her mother because it was found among her mother's things.

Pull it out of your purse in a darkened parking lot and your attacker will be so disoriented, he'll never see the zap coming.

And who then barges in to retrieve her purse that she left behind in her fluster to clear out.

The hope is that the deal will herald a more general loosening of purse strings.

What he would do to global warming research if he held the federal purse strings: cut funding.

Thinner and lighter than a netbook, tablets easily pack into a small bag or purse.

Westwood is a nice area, too, although watch your purse and pockets.

Although those who hold the purse strings may argue that cuts are a necessity, nothing could be further from the truth.

If your wife catches you looking at an attractive woman, you might get knocked upside the head with a sturdy purse.

These are worn as a bracelet by a child or carried in pocket or purse by an adult.

Those who hold the purse strings can shape the narrative anyway they wish in the information age.

If his scheme fails, the public purse has lost hardly a cent.

The public purse should not be a source of funding for sandbox projects.

It even fit into my larger purse and no doubt would fit fine in a backpack without any special cushioning.

In later years, the empire was on the defensive, so the army was a drain on the public purse.

Nevertheless, tight purse strings won out over sweeping visions.

Most of the extra money would come from the public purse.

Funding remains a chronic problem, especially in the age of the shrinking government purse.

In the first place, the super-rich are still untying their purse strings for the right products.

It served mostly as my iPad bag, but it had additional room for things that would normally go in a purse.

The attraction of the mobile phone as a purse is that so many people have them.

But the eventual cost to the public purse is unknown and potentially huge.

Sometimes loosening the purse strings and sometimes tightening it.

And it is quite right for the public purse to direct and finance major infrastructure investments.

Investors are already tightening their purse strings.

Main Entry:	container
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	holder for physical object
Synonyms:	alembic, bag, beaker, bin, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, bunker, caisson, can, canister, canteen, capsule, carafe, carton, cask, casket, cauldron, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crate, crock, dish, ewer, firkin, flask, hamper, hod, hopper, humidor, hutch, jar, jeroboam, jug, kettle, magnum, package, packet, pail, pit, pod, poke, pot, pottery, pouch, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, sack, scuttle, stein, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vat, vessel, vial

Main Entry:	contract
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	condense
Synonyms:	abate, abbreviate, abridge, become smaller, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, draw in, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall away, fall off, grow less, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, syncopate, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle
Notes:	a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities
Antonyms:	amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch

Main Entry:	crease
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fold, rumple
Synonyms:	bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog-ear, double up, plait, pleat, pucker, purse, ridge, ruck up, screw up, wrinkle

Main Entry:	fold
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	lay in creases
Synonyms:	bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crisp, crumple, curl, dog-ear, double, double over, furrow, gather, groove, hem, intertwine, knit, lap, overlap, overlay, plait, pleat, plicate, pucker, purse, replicate, ridge, ruche, ruck, ruffle, telescope, tuck, turn under, wrinkle
Antonyms:	flatten, leave, unbend

Main Entry:	handbag
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person's carryall
Synonyms:	backpack, bag, clutch, evening bag, grip, hide, knapsack, leather, pocketbook, portmanteau, purse, reticule

Main Entry:	means
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	wealth, resources
Synonyms:	ace in the hole, affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, budget, bundle, capital, dough, estate, finances, fortune, funds, holdings, income, intangibles, kitty, money, nest egg, nut, pocket, possessions, property, purse*, rainy day, reserves, revenue, riches, savings, securities, sock, stake, stuff, substance, ways and means, wherewithal
Antonyms:	paucity, poorness, shame

* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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