MANGLE
\mˈaŋɡə͡l], \mˈaŋɡəl], \m_ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_əl]\
Definitions of MANGLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
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press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"
By Princeton University
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destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
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press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.
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To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.
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A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure.
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To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.
By Oddity Software
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To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.
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To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.
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A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure.
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To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.
By Noah Webster.
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A machine for smoothing cloth, especially damp linen, by the pressure of revolving rollers.
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To smooth (cloth) by the use of such a machine; to cut to pieces; to mutilate by cutting; to hack; to spoil in the doing; to injure in the performing; to make a botch of.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cut and bruise: to tear in cutting: to mutilate: to take by piecemeal.
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MANGLER.
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A rolling-press for smoothing linen.
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To smooth with a mangle: to calender.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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