wring | (noun) a twisting squeeze | Synonyms: squeeze |
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(verb) twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish | Synonyms: wrench |
(verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: contort, deform, distort |
(verb) twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid | - |
(verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: extort, gouge, rack, squeeze |
wringer | (noun) a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed | - |
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wrinkle | (noun) a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) | - |
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(noun) a minor difficulty | - |
(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam |
(verb) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple |
(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up |
(verb) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | Synonyms: purse |
(verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: crease, furrow |
wrinkled | (adjective) marked by wrinkles | Synonyms: wrinkly |
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(adjective) (of linens or clothes) not ironed | Synonyms: unironed |
wrinkleless | (adjective) not wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: unwrinkled |
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wrinkleproof | (adjective) of fabric that does not wrinkle easily | Synonyms: crease-resistant, creaseproof, wrinkle-resistant |
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wrinkly | (adjective) marked by wrinkles | Synonyms: wrinkled |
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