rypistää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- crease noun A line or fold made by pressing, bending, or wrinkling fabric or paper.
- crinkle verb To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
- crumple verb To crush something into creases and wrinkles.
- knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
- pucker verb To draw something into small folds or wrinkles, especially by tightening or squeezing.
- rumple verb To crease or crumple something, especially cloth or hair.
- wad noun A thick, compact lump or bundle of something soft.
- wrinkle noun A small crease or fold in an otherwise smooth surface, especially skin or fabric.
Senses
rypistää is used for these senses in English:
- corrugate (transitive) To wrinkle (the skin).
- crinkle (ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
- crumple (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
- knot (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
- pucker (ambitransitive) To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
- rumple (transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
- wad To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
- wrinkle (transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
crease — full definition
- noun A line or fold made by pressing, bending, or wrinkling fabric or paper.
- noun In sports such as cricket or ice hockey, a marked line or area defining part of the playing field.
- verb To form a fold or wrinkle in something.
crinkle — full definition
- verb To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
- verb To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.