scrunch

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I - noun

a crunching noise
• Hypernyms:
noise

II - verb

1. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface;
make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
• Syn:
wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch up, crisp
• Derivationally related forms:
crinkle (for: crinkle), crease (for: crease), wrinkle (for: wrinkle)
• Hypernyms:
fold, fold up, turn up
• Hyponyms:
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit,
ruck, ruck up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They scrunch the sheets
2. sit on one's heels
- In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
- The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
• Syn:
squat, crouch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
• Derivationally related forms:
squat (for: squat), squatting (for: squat)
• Hypernyms:
sit, sit down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children scrunch in the rocking chair
- There scrunch some children in the rocking chair
3. make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
• Syn:
crump, thud
• Derivationally related forms:
thud (for: thud)
• Hypernyms:
crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch up, crisp, squat, crouch, hunker, hunker down, crump, thud