press with a mangle
1mangle — mangle1 mangler, n. /mang geuhl/, v.t., mangled, mangling. 1. to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine. 2. to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by …
2mangle — I man•gle [[t]ˈmæŋ gəl[/t]] v. t. gled, gling 1) to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The machinery mangled a sleeve[/ex] 2) to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting[/ex] •… …
3mangle — mangle1 noun Brit. a machine having two or more cylinders turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed (to remove excess moisture) and pressed. verb press with a mangle. Origin C17: from Du. mangel, from mangelen to mangle , from med …
4mangle — v. a. 1. Lacerate, hack, tear (in cutting), mutilate. 2. Mutilate, mar, destroy, spoil, maim. 3. Polish, smooth, calender, press with a mangle …
5Mangle (machine) — Wringer redirects here. For other uses, see Wringer (disambiguation). A Norahammars Bruk model 3005 2 mangle from 1934 A mangle (as it is called in the United Kingdom) or wringer (as it is called in the United States) is a mechanical laundry aid… …
6mangle — I. transitive verb (mangled; mangling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French mangler, mahangler, perhaps from mahaigner to maim more at mayhem Date: 15th century 1. to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing <… …
7press — [n1] people or person working in communications columnist, correspondent, editor, fourth estate*, interviewer, journalism, journalist, magazine, media, newspaper, newsperson, paper, periodical, photographer, publicist, publisher, reporter,… …
8press — Synonyms and related words: AP, Associated Press, Fleet Street, Reuters, UPI, United Press International, accelerate, advice, adviser, advocate, annex, announcer, annunciator, apply pressure, army, ask, aspirator, assault, assemble, assert,… …
9press — v 1. force, push, drive, ram, shove, elbow; impel, propel, thrust, trundle; cram, jam, crush, pinch. 2. compress, squeeze, condense, clamp; cramp, compact, concentrate, roll into a ball; strain, strangle, constrict, constringe. 3. weigh upon,… …
10mangle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. break, crush, mutilate; disfigure, mar; press, iron. See deterioration. n. iron, press. See smoothness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. press, iron, electric ironer; see iron 3 . v. 1. [To mutilate] Syn.… …
