Thesaurus: pucker

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1. v. t. & i. To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.
2. n. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
3. n. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
4. n. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
5. v. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
6. v. draw together into folds or puckers
7. v. become wrinkled or drawn together
8. To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth. "His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles." Spectator. 1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds. 2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
9. To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridgesand furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up themouth. "His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles." Spectator.
10. n:16/v:84 n. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) v. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds v. become wrinkled or drawn together