corrugate

  • 121crimp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wave, curl, crinkle, wrinkle, ripple; gather, bunch, pinch, tighten, fold, pleat, plait. n. curl; notch. See convolution, furrow. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To fold] Syn. pleat, crease, corrugate; see… …

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  • 122crinkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wrinkle, roughen, crease, crumple, rumple, ripple, fold, crimp, corrugate. n. wrinkle, crease. See furrow. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. coil, wind, crease, ripple; see fold 2 , wrinkle 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 123pleat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plait, corrugation, wrinkle; fold, plicature, ply; doubling. v. t. crease, gather, flounce, ruffle; foldover, play, pucker; corrugate. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pleating, tuck, crease; see fold 1 ,… …

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  • 124pucker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wrinkle, crease, crinkle, ruffle, shirring. v. contract; corrugate, crinkle, wrinkle, shirr, ruffle. See fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pleat, tuck, crease, furrow; see fold 1 , wrinkle . v. Syn. pleat …

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  • 125roughness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of not being smooth or even Nouns 1. roughness, unevenness, ruggedness, asperity, rugosity, corrugation, nodosity, nodulation, hairiness, arborescence, tooth, grain, texture, ripple. 2. (hairlike …

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  • 126ruffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, shirr, crinkle, corrugate, plait; agitate, ripple, tousle, rumple, disarrange; vex, irritate. See agitation, excitement, disorder, roughness, fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flounce, furbelow …

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  • 127wrinkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. furrow, crease, pucker, fold, corrugation, rumple; crinkle, crow s foot; informal, angle, development, gimmick. v. t. crease, rumple, fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crease, furrow, crinkle, ridge, fold …

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  • 128smooth — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without bumps] Syn. flat, plane, even, flush, horizontal, unwrinkled, unvarying, level, monotonous, unrelieved, unruffled, mirrorlike, quiet, still, tranquil, sleek, glossy, glassy, lustrous, smooth as glass. Ant. rough* …

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