ruffle
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
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Sense 2 verb
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
Types & categories
- flux hypernym
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Sense 3 noun
a high tight collar
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- choke derivation
Sense 4 verb
trouble or vex
ruffle somebody's composure
Types & categories
- devil hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a noisy fight
Types & categories
- fighting hypernym
Sense 6 verb
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
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Sense 7 verb
discompose
This play is going to ruffle some people
Types & categories
- fluster hypernym
Sense 8 verb
twitch or flutter
the paper flicked
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 9 verb
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
shuffle the cards
Types & categories
- manipulate hypernym
- reshuffle hyponym
- riffle hyponym
- cut hyponym
Related & opposite
- shuffle derivation
- commixture derivation
- mix derivation
- shuffler derivation
Sense 10 verb
erect or fluff up
the bird ruffled its feathers
Types & categories
- loosen hypernym
Related & opposite
- fluff up also see
Sense 11 verb
disturb the smoothness of
ruffle the surface of the water
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- disarrange hypernym
Sense 12 verb
pleat or gather into a ruffle
ruffle the curtain fabric
Types & categories
- fold hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frilled |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adornment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gauffer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jabot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peplum |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | riffle |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | fold |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | flux |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | choke |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | collar |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fraise |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | devil |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fighting |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | strut |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | prancer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | swaggerer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | fluster |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | shuffle |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | commixture |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | mix |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | shuffler |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | manipulate |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | reshuffle |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | riffle |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 10 | also see | Related & opposite | fluff up |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | loosen |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | disarrange |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleating |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | flounce |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleat |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | fold |