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arrugar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crease noun A line or fold made by pressing, bending, or wrinkling fabric or paper.
  • crumple verb To crush something into creases and wrinkles.
  • kink noun A tight twist or bend in something that is normally straight, such as hair, rope, or wire.
  • 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.
  • scrunch verb To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
  • shrivel verb To shrink and wrinkle, especially from losing moisture.
  • wrinkle noun A small crease or fold in an otherwise smooth surface, especially skin or fabric.

Senses

arrugar is used for these senses in English:

  • crumple (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
  • pucker (ambitransitive) To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
  • rumple (transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
  • scrunch (transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
  • shrivel (transitive) To draw into wrinkles.
  • 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.

crumple — full definition

  1. verb To crush something into creases and wrinkles.
  2. verb To collapse, give way, or fall apart, often suddenly.

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