All ruck synonyms
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R r verb ruck
- corrugate β to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- crisped β (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- dog-eared β having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- wrinkle β an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- frizz β the state of being frizzed.
- cockled β Simple past tense and past participle of cockle.
- frizzed β the state of being frizzed.
- dogeared β (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- furrowed β a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- frizzing β the state of being frizzed.
- crimp β If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- crimple β to crumple, wrinkle, or curl
- wreathe β to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
- crimpled β simple past tense and past participle of crimple.
- grooved β simple past tense and past participle of groove.
- crimpling β present participle of crimple.
- wadded β a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- crinkle β If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
- wreathed β a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- crumple β If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
- dog-ear β (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- wadding β a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- grooving β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
noun ruck
- crowfoot β any of several plants of the genus Ranunculus, such as R. sceleratus and R. aquatilis (water crowfoot) that have yellow or white flowers and divided leaves resembling the foot of a crow
- flection β the act of bending.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- furrow β a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- esker β A long ridge of gravel and other sediment, typically having a winding course, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.
- bourgeoisie β In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
- flexure β the act of flexing or bending.
- lapel β either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- crease β Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded.
- company β A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.
- fluting β a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- knife edge β the cutting edge of a knife.
- moraine β a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- crow's-foot β a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye
- rabbet β a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- chine β the backbone
- hogback β a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.