plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
telescope — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
ruche — a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
mess up — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
dishevel — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
derange — to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
rifle — a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
tangle — to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
tousle — to disorder or dishevel: The wind tousled our hair.
bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
