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puckering
Overview of verb pucker
The verb pucker has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit -- (to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips")
2. gather, pucker, tuck -- (draw fabric together and sew it tightly)
3. pucker, ruck, ruck up -- (become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered")
Antonyms of verb pucker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pucker
3 senses of pucker
Sense 1
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
=> fold, fold up, turn up
=> change surface
=> change
Sense 2
gather, pucker, tuck
=> sew, run up, sew together, stitch
=> fasten, fix, secure
=> attach
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 3
pucker, ruck, ruck up
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
=> fold, fold up, turn up
=> change surface
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pucker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pucker
3 senses of pucker
Sense 1
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
Sense 2
gather, pucker, tuck
=> sew, run up, sew together, stitch
Sense 3
pucker, ruck, ruck up
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
'Cause To' of verb pucker
Derived Forms of verb pucker
2 of 3 senses of pucker
Sense 2
gather, pucker, tuck
RELATED TO>(noun) pucker#1
=> pucker, ruck
Sense 3
pucker, ruck, ruck up
RELATED TO>(noun) pucker#1
=> pucker, ruck
Domain of verb pucker
Domain Terms of verb pucker
Familiarity of verb pucker
pucker used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb pucker
3 senses of pucker
Sense 1
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
EX: They pucker the sheets
Sense 2
gather, pucker, tuck
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
pucker, ruck, ruck up
EX: The sheets didn't pucker
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb pucker
3 senses of pucker
Sense 1
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
=> pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> pucker, ruck, ruck up
Sense 2
gather, pucker, tuck
> sew, run up, sew together, stitch
=> hem
=> resew
=> overcast
=> overcast
=> backstitch
=> gather, pucker, tuck
=> finedraw
=> fell
=> baste, tack
=> hemstitch
=> tick, retick
=> cast on
=> cast off
Sense 3
pucker, ruck, ruck up
> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
=> pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> pucker, ruck, ruck up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pucker
Sense 1
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
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Sense 2
gather, pucker, tuck
=> sew, run up, sew together, stitch
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Sense 3
pucker, ruck, ruck up
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
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Grep of verb pucker
pucker
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