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pursed

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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
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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