puckered
past simple and past participle ofpucker
pucker
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈpʌk.ər/us/ˈpʌk.ɚ/(alsopucker up)totightenskinorclothuntilsmallfoldsappearor (ofskinorcloth) toformsmallfolds:
He puckered hislipsandkissedher.
Hermouthpuckered and Ithoughtshe was going tocry.
puckeredseams
Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch(something)up
- coarsen
- coarsening
- creased
- crinkle
- fold
- foldaway
- folding
- furl
- grooming
- interfold
- pucker
- rumple
- sandpaper
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- stabilizer
- wrinkle
Examplesofpuckered
puckered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
She gazed up at him seriously, then leaned herpuckeredforehead on her hand and began to read.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The name means 'puckered' and probably refers to the seam in their moccasins.
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In other parts of the dress, one can see thepuckeredpattern.
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Its inner body is pink with a long,puckeredmouth, and green markings below its eyes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is characterized apuckeredskin due to a virtual absence of subcutaneous fat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The frill behind is merelypuckered, but from under the borders of the operculum on each side protrude three good-sized processes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The surface as a whole has apuckeredappearance; hence the common name seersucker plant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The papery texture keeps the foliage cool to the touch and often the surface is slightlypuckeredor rippled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In appearance, properties and structure it is very like graphite, being black and flaky, a conductor of electricity, and havingpuckeredsheets of linked atoms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Within minutes, everyone is mumbling their words as their lips becomepuckered.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The shell is plicate orpuckeredbelow the sutures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are oblong to almost arrowhead-shaped at the base, and can bepuckeredwith wrinkles, and have rounded teeth at the leaf edges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Blotch mines near the leaf edge are often a little drawn orpuckeredand thus tent-like in appearance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mine consists of an elongated, slightlypuckered, full depth blotch, without an initial corridor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this molecule the carbon bond angles are 90 for the planar conformation and 88 for thepuckeredone.
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