English noun: mangle | |||
1. | mangle (artifact) clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers | ||
Broader (hypernym) | clothes drier, clothes dryer | ||
English verb: mangle | |||
1. | mangle (contact) press with a mangle | ||
Samples | Mangle the sheets. | ||
Examples | They mangle the cape | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | iron, iron out, press | ||
2. | mangle (contact) injure badly by beating | ||
Synonyms | maul | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | blemish, deface, disfigure | ||
Entail | injure, mar, mutilate, wound | ||
3. | mangle (change) alter so as to make unrecognizable | ||
Samples | The tourists murdered the French language. | ||
Synonyms | murder, mutilate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distort, falsify, garble, warp | ||
4. | mangle (change) destroy or injure severely | ||
Samples | The madman mutilates art work. | ||
Synonyms | cut up, mutilate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | damage | ||