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English noun: cockle | |||
| 1. | cockle (food) common edible European bivalve | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shellfish | ||
| Part meronym | Cardium edule, edible cockle | ||
| 2. | cockle (animal) common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Cardium edule, edible cockle | ||
| Member meronym | Cardium, genus Cardium | ||
English verb: cockle | |||
| 1. | cockle (motion) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | ||
| Synonyms | riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow, flux | ||
| Entail | fold, fold up, turn up | ||
| 2. | cockle (contact) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | ||
| Samples | She puckered her lips. | ||
| Synonyms | crumple, knit, pucker, rumple | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle | ||
| Verb group | draw | ||
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