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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

  1. noun A line or fold made by pressing, bending, or wrinkling fabric or paper.
  2. noun In sports such as cricket or ice hockey, a marked line or area defining part of the playing field.
  3. verb To form a fold or wrinkle in something.

crinkle — full definition

  1. verb To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
  2. verb To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

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