to mangle

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To wring laundry
{n} a genus of trees in the W. Indies growing near water
{v} to cut or tear in pieces, alter much, smooth linen
{n} an instrument to smooth linen
{f} crush, disfigure, mutilate; ruin, destroy; smooth and flatten with a mangle
To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate
The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer
clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets
disapproval If you say that someone mangles words or information, you are criticizing them for not speaking or writing clearly or correctly. They don't know what they're talking about and mangle scientific information. a machine used in former times to remove water from washed clothes by pressing them between two rollers
A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry
To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or performing; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation
To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc
To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth
{i} mechanical device with large heated rollers which smooth and flatten linens
A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure
If a physical object is mangled, it is crushed or twisted very forcefully, so that it is difficult to see what its original shape was. His body was crushed and mangled beyond recognition. the mangled wreckage
clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"
injure badly by beating
destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
to mangle

    Hyphenation

    to man·gle

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı mänggıl

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈmaɴɢgəl/ /tə ˈmæŋɡəl/
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