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SCRUNCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crunching noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("scrunch" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

scrunch (make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; 'crisp' is archaic

Example:

crease the paper like this to make a crane

Synonyms:

crease; crinkle; crisp; ruckle; scrunch; scrunch up; wrinkle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "scrunch" is one way to...):

fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scrunch"):

cockle; crumple; knit; pucker; rumple (to gather something into small wrinkles or folds)

pucker; ruck; ruck up (become wrinkled or drawn together)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They scrunch the sheets

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sit on one's heels

Example:

The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm

Synonyms:

crouch; hunker; hunker down; scrunch; scrunch up; squat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "scrunch" is one way to...):

sit; sit down (be seated)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

The children scrunch in the rocking chair

There scrunch some children in the rocking chair

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

Synonyms:

crump; scrunch; thud

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "scrunch" is one way to...):

crackle; crunch; scranch; scraunch (make a crushing noise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

scrunch (a crunching noise)

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