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Rumple

To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

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Verb group 2

Draw 84% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Draw 84% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Crease 76% connected

See Creese.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Crinkle 76% connected

To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crisp 76% connected

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disarrange 76% connected

To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fold 76% connected

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrunch 76% connected

To scranch; to crunch.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wrinkle 76% connected

A winkle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Wrinkle 74% connected

A winkle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wrinkle 74% connected

A winkle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Cockle 92% connected

A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crease 92% connected

See Creese.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crinkle 92% connected

To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crumple 92% connected

To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Knit 92% connected

of Knit

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pucker 92% connected

To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ruffle 92% connected

To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wrinkle 92% connected

A winkle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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