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English verb: scrunch up | |||
| 1. | scrunch up (contact) sit on one's heels | ||
| Samples | In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting. The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm. | ||
| Synonyms | crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch, squat | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sit, sit down | ||
| 2. | scrunch up (contact) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in | ||
| Samples | The dress got wrinkled. Crease the paper like this to make a crane. | ||
| Examples | They scrunch up the sheets | ||
| Synonyms | crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, wrinkle | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fold, fold up, turn up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, pucker, ruck, ruck up, rumple | ||
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