gather+into+wrinkles+or+folds

  • 11Pucker — Puck er, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Puckered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puckering}.] [From {Poke} a pocket, small bag.] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Puckered — Pucker Puck er, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Puckered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puckering}.] [From {Poke} a pocket, small bag.] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; often with up; as, to pucker up the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Puckering — Pucker Puck er, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Puckered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puckering}.] [From {Poke} a pocket, small bag.] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; often with up; as, to pucker up the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14pucker — verb tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds. noun a wrinkle or small fold. Derivatives puckery adjective Origin C16: prob. frequentative, from the base of poke2 and pocket (suggesting the formation of small purse like gatherings) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 15pucker — ► VERB ▪ tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds. ► NOUN ▪ a wrinkle or small fold. ORIGIN probably from POKE(Cf. ↑poke) and POCKET(Cf. ↑pocketable) (suggesting the formation of small purse like gatherings) …

    English terms dictionary

  • 16arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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