crimp

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
• Syn:
fold, crease, plication, flexure, bend
• Derivationally related forms:
bend (for: bend), flex (for: flexure), plicate (for: plication), fold (for: fold)
• Hypernyms:
angular shape, angularity
• Hyponyms:
pleat, plait, kink, twist, twirl,
pucker, ruck
2. someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
• Syn:
crimper
• Hypernyms:
kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher
3. a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
• Hypernyms:
lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
• Hyponyms:
pin curl, spit curl, kiss curl

II - verb

1. make ridges into by pinching together
• Syn:
pinch
• Derivationally related forms:
pinch (for: pinch)
• Hypernyms:
fold, fold up, turn up
• Hyponyms:
flute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. curl tightly
- crimp hair
• Syn:
crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
• Derivationally related forms:
kink (for: kink)
• Hypernyms:
curl, wave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They crimp their hair

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crimper, fold, crease, plication, flexure, bend, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink, pinch