| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crumple, ruffle |
| Synonyms: | cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | indent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a space; push in slightly |
| Synonyms: | bash, cave in, cut, dent, depress, dint, hollow, jag, mark, nick, notch, pink, pit, rabbet, rut, scallop, score, serrate |
| Antonyms: | flush |
| Main Entry: | notch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indent |
| Synonyms: | chisel, cleave, crenelate, crimp, cut, dent, gash, incise, jag, mark, mill, nick, scallop, score, scratch |
| Antonyms: | flush |
| Main Entry: | pink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut in zigzag |
| Synonyms: | incise, notch, perforate, prick, punch, scallop, score |
| Concept: | Notch. |
| Category: | 3. Superficial form |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple., embrasure, battlement, machicolation; saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, scollop, vandyke; depression; jag.
-verbs
notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scollop, scallop, crenulate, vandyke.
-adjectives
notched; crenate, crenated, pinked; denate, denated; denticulate, denticulated; toothed, palmated, serrated.
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