PUCKERY

Meaning of PUCKERY in English

ˈpək(ə)rē, -ri adjective

( sometimes -er/-est )

1. : characterized by puckers or having a tendency to pucker

puckery cloth

2. : causing puckers or puckering

a puckery quince

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PUCKERY — adjective Date: 1830 that puckers or causes puckering
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PUCKERY — (a.) Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
Английский словарь Webster
PUCKERY — (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste.
Английский словарь Webster
PUCKERY — ( a. ) Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUCKERY — ( a. ) Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUCKERY — /puk"euh ree/ , adj. 1. puckered. 2. puckering. 3. tending to pucker. [ 1820-30, Amer.; PUCKER + -Y 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUCKERY — adjective Date: 1830 : that puckers or causes puckering
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUCKERY — adj producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste. 2. puckery ·adj inclined to become puckered or …
Webster English vocab
PUCKERY — [puck.ery] adj (1830): that puckers or causes puckering
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUCKERY — сморщенный вяжущий, стягивающий
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUCKERY — Сморщенный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PUCKERY — a 1. сморщенный 2. вяжущий, стягивающий
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PUCKERY — (a) вяжущий; сморщенный; стягивающий
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PUCKERY — a 1. сморщенный 2. вяжущий, стягивающий
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PUCKERY — a 1. сморщенный 2. вяжущий, стягивающий
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PUCKERY — [adj.] 1) сморщенный 2) раздражающий
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
PUCKERY — a 1) сморщенный; 2) раздражающий
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
PUCKERY — сморщенный вяжущий, стягивающий
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUCKERY — adj. Pronunciation: ' p ə -k( ə -)r ē Function: adjective Date: 1830 : that puckers or causes puckering
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ASTRINGENT — I. adjective see: strain Date: 1541 causing contraction of soft organic tissues ; styptic , puckery , suggestive of an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WRINKLY — /ring"klee/ , adj., wrinklier, wrinkliest . having wrinkles or tending to wrinkle; creased; puckery: a wrinkly material. [ 1565-75; WRINKLE …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASTRINGENT — I. -jənt adjective Etymology: probably from Middle French, from Latin astringent-, astringens, present participle of astringere to bind fast, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ASTRINGENT — [as.trin.gent] adj [prob. fr. MF, fr. L astringent-, astringens, prp. of astringere to bind fast, fr. ad- + stringere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUCKER — v. & n. v.tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) gather or cause to gather into wrinkles, folds, or bulges …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUCKER — v. & n. --v.tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) gather or cause to gather into wrinkles, folds, or bulges …
Oxford English vocab
WRINKLED
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUMPLED — Synonyms and related words : cockled, cockly, corrugate, corrugated, creased, crimped, crimpy, crinkled, crinkly, crumpled, disheveled, furrowed, knitted, knotted, matted, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUGOUS — Synonyms and related words : cockled, cockly, corrugate, corrugated, cragged, craggy, creased, crimped, crimpy, crinkled, crinkly, crumpled, furrowed, gravelly, harsh, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUGGED — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, Spartan, Spartanic, abstruse, adamantine, arduous, asperous, astringent, austere, authoritarian, beefy, bitter, bold, bouncing, brawny, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIPPLED — Synonyms and related words : cockled, cockly, corrugate, corrugated, creased, crimped, crimpy, crinkled, crinkly, crumpled, furrowed, knitted, knotted, puckered, puckery, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PURSED — Synonyms and related words : clamped, cockled, cockly, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted, contracted, corrugate, corrugated, cramped, creased, crimped, crimpy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUCKERED — Synonyms and related words : clamped, cockled, cockly, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted, contracted, corrugate, corrugated, cramped, creased, crimped, crimpy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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