| Main Entry: | cockle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shell |
Synonyms: |
bivalve, mollusk, pucker, ripple, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | crease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fold, wrinkle |
Synonyms: |
bend, bulge, cockle, corrugation, furrow, groove, line, overlap, pleat, plica, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruck, rugosity, tuck |
| 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: | crinkle |
| 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: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | double thickness |
Synonyms: |
bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, 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: | purse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press together |
Synonyms: |
close, cockle, contract, crease, knit, pucker, ruffle, tighten, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
open |
| 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 |
| Notes: | a continuous low drumbeat is a ruffle, a continuous even drumbeat is a tattoo, a continuous loud drumbeat is a drumroll |
Antonyms: |
smooth |
| Main Entry: | rumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush, wrinkle |
Synonyms: |
bedraggle, cockle, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, derange, dishevel, disorder, fold, mess up, muss up, pucker, ruck up, ruffle, screw up, scrunch, seam, tousle, wreathe |
Antonyms: |
flatten, iron, smooth |