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English noun: ruffle | |||
| 1. | ruffle (artifact) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | ||
| Synonyms | flounce, frill, furbelow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adornment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gauffer, goffer, jabot, peplum | ||
| 2. | ruffle (artifact) a high tight collar | ||
| Synonyms | choker, neck ruff, ruff | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | collar, neckband | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fraise | ||
| 3. | ruffle (act) a noisy fight | ||
| Synonyms | affray, disturbance, fray | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | combat, fight, fighting, scrap | ||
English verb: ruffle | |||
| 1. | ruffle (motion) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | ||
| Synonyms | cockle, riffle, ripple, undulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow, flux | ||
| Entail | fold, fold up, turn up | ||
| 2. | ruffle (emotion) trouble or vex | ||
| Samples | Ruffle somebody's composure. | ||
| Examples | The performance is likely to ruffle Sue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | ||
| 3. | ruffle (motion) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | ||
| Samples | He struts around like a rooster in a hen house. | ||
| Synonyms | cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| 4. | ruffle (emotion) discompose | ||
| Samples | This play is going to ruffle some people. She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fluster | ||
| 5. | ruffle (contact) twitch or flutter | ||
| Samples | The paper flicked. | ||
| Synonyms | flick, riffle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| 6. | ruffle (contact) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | ||
| Samples | Shuffle the cards. | ||
| Synonyms | mix, shuffle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | manipulate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cut, reshuffle, riffle | ||
| 7. | ruffle (contact) erect or fluff up | ||
| Samples | The bird ruffled its feathers. | ||
| Synonyms | fluff | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | loosen | ||
| 8. | ruffle (contact) disturb the smoothness of | ||
| Samples | Ruffle the surface of the water. | ||
| Synonyms | mess up, ruffle up, rumple | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disarrange | ||
| 9. | ruffle (contact) pleat or gather into a ruffle | ||
| Samples | Ruffle the curtain fabric. | ||
| Synonyms | pleat | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fold, fold up, turn up | ||
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