Definition of mangle

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Mangle (n.) To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth..

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Mangler :: Mangler (n.) One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.
Mingle-mangle :: Mingle-mangle (v. t.) To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation..
Mangler :: Mangler (n.) One who smooths with a mangle.
Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..
Lacerate :: Lacerate (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart..
Launder :: Launder (v. i.) To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts..
Mingle-mangle :: Mingle-mangle (n.) A hotchpotch.
Murder :: Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..
Mangle :: Mangle (n.) A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure..
Mangled :: Mangled (imp. & p. p.) of Mangl.
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Haggle :: Haggle (v. t.) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood..
Lacerated :: Lacerated (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound..
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth..
Mangle :: Mangle (n.) To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth..
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post..
Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate..
Bemangle :: Bemangle (v. t.) To mangle; to tear asunder.
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