rimple

  • 71rumple — (v.) c.1600, possibly a variant of rimple to wrinkle (14c.), from O.E. hrympel; possibly influenced by M.Du. rumpelen. Related: Rumpled; rumpling …

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  • 72undulation — n. Wave, fluctuation, ripple, rimple, wave like motion …

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  • 73ripple — I. v. n. Purl. II. v. a. Fret, dimple, curl. III. n. Rimple, undulation, little wave, fretting, ruffling (of water) …

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  • 74rumple — I. v. a. Wrinkle, crumple, crease, crush, pucker, corrugate. II. n. Wrinkle, crumple, pucker, rimple, crease, corrugation, fold …

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  • 75wrinkle — I. n. 1. Furrow, crease, fold, plait, gather, pucker, rumple, corrugation, rimple. 2. (Colloq.) Notion, whim, fancy, whimsey, caprice, crotchet, vagary, freak, quirk, maggot. II. v. a. Corrugate, crease, rumple, cockle, pucker, crumple …

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  • 76crumple — v 1. rumple, wrinkle, crinkle, pucker, crimple, rimple; ruffle, corrugate. 2. collapse, fall, topple, tumble, break up, shatter; give way, break down, go or fall to pieces, Inf. go to smash; shrink, shrivel, crush, squash …

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  • 77gather — v 1. collect, accumulate, heap up, pile, pile up, stack up; amass, cumulate; glean, take in, pull in, harvest, reap; pick, pick up, rake up, bag; cull, sort out, pick out; hoard, garner, store up, stock up, lay by, lay up, lay in, Inf. stash away …

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  • 78ripple — v 1. wave, undulate, purl, ruffle; trill, lap, swash, wash, slap, splash, swish; gurgle, guggle, babble, burble, murmur. 2. ruffle, curl, rumple, crumple, dimple, crinkle; crimp, fret, crisp; fold, ruff, wrinkle, cockle, twill, crease. n 3. wave …

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  • 79rumple — v 1. crumple, wrinkle, crush, crinkle, crankle, cockle, ripple; pucker, purse, crease, crimple, twill, ruck, ruckle; crisp, fold, curl, flounce, rimple, crimp; knit, furrow, ridge, corrugate, shirr. 2. tousle, ruffle, dishevel, muss, disorganize; …

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  • 80crease — [n] fold, wrinkle bend, bulge, cockle, corrugation, furrow, groove, line, overlap, pleat, plica, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruck, rugosity, tuck; concepts 452,757 crease [v] fold, rumple bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog… …

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