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  • 81muss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disorder, tangle, confusion, mix up, mess, muddle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mess, chaos, disarrangement, turmoil; see confusion 2 , disorder 2 . v. Syn. rumble, tousle, dishevel, ruffle, crumple,… …

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  • 82rimple — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, fold, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, ruck2, rumple, wrinkle. See SMOOTH. II verb To make irregular folds in,… …

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  • 83Fold — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fold >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fold fold plicature plait ply crease Sgm: N 1 tuck tuck gather Sgm: N 1 flexion flexion flexure joint elbow …

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  • 84scrumple — verb Brit. crumple (paper or cloth). Origin C16: alt. of crumple …

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  • 85rumple — I. v. a. Wrinkle, crumple, crease, crush, pucker, corrugate. II. n. Wrinkle, crumple, pucker, rimple, crease, corrugation, fold …

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  • 86pucker — 1. verb she puckered her forehead Syn: wrinkle, crinkle, crease, furrow, crumple, rumple, ruck up, scrunch up, corrugate, ruffle, screw up, shrivel 2. noun a pucker in the sewing Syn: wrinkle, crinkle …

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  • 87buckle — n 1. clasp, clip, hook, catch, snap, hook and eye, button, fastener, fastening, hasp; brooch, pin, stickpin. 2. bend, bulge, fold, wrinkle, crumple, ripple, crinkle; knot, kink, crook, crimp, gnarl; twist, warp, contortion, curve, turn; curl,… …

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  • 88collapse — v 1. cave in, tumble down, founder, give way, crumple, crumple up, fall down, fall inward or outward, come apart; crumble, fall into pieces, break into fragments, break apart, fall into ruin; be demolished, be torn down, be felled, be pulled down …

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  • 89crease — n 1. ridge, groove, furrow, corrugation, crimp; fold, dog ear, plication, plicature, ruck; wrinkle, line, crow s feet; rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple; gather, ruffle, pucker, tuck, pleat, plait; ripple, bump, bulge, roll, protrusion,… …

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  • 90crimp — v 1. flute, ruffle, scallop, bend; wave, ripple, curl, friz, frizzle, crimple; corrugate, furrow, groove, ridge, striate; press, crease, seam, pleat, plicate, plait; wrinkle, crinkle, cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, gather, smock, tuck. 2. hinder …

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