puckering
present 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
Examplesofpuckering
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Exercises include sticking out the tongue,puckeringthe lips, bending the head back, moving the nose from side to side, and raising the eyebrows.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, it occasionally causes minor damage to plants, such as the slightpuckeringand cupping of leaves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the second whorl fine radial folds orpuckeringappears below the suture, becoming coarser on the following whorl.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, during the winter a version without the final one minute ofpuckeringis shown, so the video segments then are only four minutes each.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Infected plants, especially the natural hosts, show symptoms such as chlorotic local lesions, mosaic, mottling,puckeringor rugosity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nonetheless, in some case, digital manipulation was necessary to properly simulatepuckeringin the exact proper location on the video.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lightweight or stretchy plainweaves may require stabilization to preventpuckering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Drawing the skin into the center will result in somepuckering, but this often smooths out with time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bringing skin into the borders of a contracted areola will causepuckeringwhich hopefully with time will smooth out.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In cyclohexane the ring strain and eclipsing interactions are negligible because thepuckeringof the ring allows ideal tetrahedral bond angles to be achieved.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then, there is a subsequent segment, where the mouth ispuckering, that is stretched to 15 seconds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Specific complications of the thread lift includepuckeringskin, the visibility of the threads and the appearance of lumps.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bypuckeringtheir lips and making a vibrating sounds, they can make a raspberry call, which has been imitated by both nave captive and wild individuals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is characterized by hairless lesions with fingerprint likepuckeringof the skin, especially at the temples, due to alternating bands of dermal and epidermal atrophy.
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