gnarl :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (1)

n. something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"

Verbs (5)

gnarl

v. twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

croak, grumble, murmur, mutter

v. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"

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Fuzzynyms (29)

twist, twirl, kink

n. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

roll, coil, whorl, curl, ringlet, scroll, curlicue, gyre

n. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

deform, change form, change shape

v. assume a different shape or form

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

cripple

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

maim, wound seriously, injure seriously

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

murder, mangle, mutilate

v. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

carp, chicane, cavil

v. raise trivial objections

crab, fish for crab

v. fish for crab

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