| Main Entry: | purse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press together |
Synonyms: |
close, cockle, contract, crease, knit, pucker, ruffle, tighten, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
open |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
conventional, ad idem, agreed, benami, innominate, mediatory, negotiable, nominate, under hand and seal
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| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
accordion, biplicate, contorpuplicate, corrugated, crimped, folded, invaginated, pleached, plicate, retrorse
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