pursing [purs]
Main Entry:
purse [purs]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: press together
Synonyms: close, cockle, contract, crease, knit, pucker, ruffle, tighten, wrinkle
Antonyms: open
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: pucker
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: draw together; wrinkle
Synonyms: cockle, compress, condense, contract, crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, furrow, gather, knit, purse, ruck up, ruckle, ruffle, screw up, squeeze, tighten
Antonyms: open, smooth
Main Entry: ruffle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mess up
Synonyms: cockle, confuse, crease, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, pucker, purse, rifle, rumple, tangle, tousle, wrinkle
Antonyms: smooth
Main Entry: wrinkle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: crinkle, fold
Synonyms: compress, corrugate, crease, crimp, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, prune up, pucker, purse, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist
Antonyms: smooth, straighten, unfold
Main Entry: rimple
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wrinkle
Synonyms: compress, corrugate, crease, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, prune up, pucker, purse, ruck, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist
Related Words
Main Entry: contract
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
conventional, ad idem, agreed, benami, innominate, mediatory, negotiable, nominate, under hand and seal
Main Entry: fold
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
accordion, biplicate, contorpuplicate, corrugated, crimped, folded, invaginated, pleached, plicate, retrorse
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