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scrunch, v.
(scrunched, scrunches, scrunching)

make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
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crease crinkle crisp ruckle scrunch scrunch up wrinkle

sample sentences

"The dress got wrinkled"
"crease the paper like this to make a crane"

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lexical pointers

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domain of synset (usage)

archaism, archaicism

hypernym

fold, turn up, fold up

hyponym

pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit pucker, ruck, ruck up

sit on one's heels
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crouch hunker hunker down scrunch scrunch up squat

sample sentences

"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
"The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

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The children %s in the rocking chair
There %s some children in the rocking chair

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

squatting squat squat

semantic pointers

hypernym

make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
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crump scrunch thud

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lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

crunch, crackle, scranch, scraunch