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mangle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: mangle

1
 v
destroy or injure severely
2
 nv
clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
press with a mangle
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: mangle
1

v destroy or injure severely

Synonyms:
cut up, mutilate
Type of:
damage
inflict damage upon

v injure badly by beating

Synonyms:
maul
Type of:
blemish, deface, disfigure
mar or spoil the appearance of

v alter so as to make unrecognizable

Synonyms:
murder, mutilate
Type of:
distort, falsify, garble, warp
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
2

n clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers

Type of:
clothes drier, clothes dryer
a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing

v press with a mangle

“mangle the sheets”
Type of:
iron, iron out, press
press and smooth with a heated iron
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