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man·gle 1
(măng′gəl)tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles
1. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing: fishing nets that mangle fish.
2. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance: mangle a speech.
[Middle English manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bits; possibly akin to mahaignier, to maim; see mayhem.]
man′gler n.
Synonyms: mangle, maim1, maul, mutilate
These verbs mean to cause severe injury or damage: machinery that mangled the worker's fingers; a construction worker maimed in an accident; a hiker mauled by a hungry bear; soldiers mutilated by shrapnel.
These verbs mean to cause severe injury or damage: machinery that mangled the worker's fingers; a construction worker maimed in an accident; a hiker mauled by a hungry bear; soldiers mutilated by shrapnel.
man·gle 2
(măng′gəl)n.
1. A machine for pressing fabrics by means of heated rollers.
2. Chiefly British A clothes wringer.
tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles
To press with a mangle.
[Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange, mangonel, from Late Latin manganum, catapult; see mangonel.]
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mangle
(ˈmæŋɡəl)vb (tr)
1. to mutilate, disfigure, or destroy by cutting, crushing, or tearing
2. to ruin, spoil, or mar
[C14: from Norman French mangler, probably from Old French mahaignier to maim]
ˈmangled adj
ˈmangler n
mangle
(ˈmæŋɡəl)n
(Mechanical Engineering) Also called: wringer a machine for pressing or drying wet textiles, clothes, etc, consisting of two heavy rollers between which the cloth is passed
vb (tr)
to press or dry in a mangle
[C18: from Dutch mangel, ultimately from Late Latin manganum. See mangonel]
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man•gle1
(ˈmæŋ gəl)v.t. -gled, -gling.
1. to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The machinery mangled a sleeve.
2. to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting.
[1375–1425; < Anglo-French mangler, perhaps from Old French mangonner to mangle; akin to mangonel]
man′gler, n.
man•gle2
(ˈmæŋ gəl)n., v. -gled, -gling. n.
1. a machine for pressing laundry by passing it between heated rollers.
v.t. 2. to press with a mangle.
[1765–75; < Dutch mangel « Late Latin manganum. See mangonel]
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mangle
Past participle: mangled
Gerund: mangling
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| mangle |
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| Noun | 1. |  mangle - clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollersclothes drier, clothes dryer - a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing |
| Verb | 1. | mangle - press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets" |
| 2. | mangle - injure badly by beating | |
| 3. | mangle - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" | |
| 4. |  mangle - destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
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mangle
verb
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mangle 1
verbTo injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear:
mangle 2
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
مِعْصَرَة الغَسيل بالضَّغْطيُشَوِّه، يُفْسِديَضَع المَلابِس في مَعْصَرَةِ الغَسيليُقَطِّع
mandlmandlovatpokazitrozbít
mishandleødelæggerullevridemaskine
mángorlómángorol
aflaga, fara illa meîmeiîa, lemstraòvottkefli, vindavinda
išdarkytiperleisti per gręžimo įtaisąskalbinių gręžimo įtaisassuknežinti
izkropļotrullēt veļusacirstsadragātsadrupināt
mangeľmangľovať
berbat etmekçamaşır sıkma makinesiparçalamakpresten/merdaneden geçirmek
mangle
1 [ˈmæŋgl]A. N (= device) → escurridor m
B. VT (= wring) → pasar por el escurridor
mangle
2 [ˈmæŋgl] VT (= crush) → aplastar; [+ text etc] → mutilar, estropearCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mangle
1 [ˈmæŋgl] vt (mutilate, body) → straziare, maciullare; (object) → stritolaremangle
2 [ˈmæŋgl] n → strizzatoioCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mangle
(ˈmӕŋgl) verb1. to crush to pieces. The car was badly mangled in the accident.
2. to spoil (eg a piece of music) by bad mistakes etc. He mangled the music by his terrible playing.
3. to put (clothing etc) through a mangle.
noun a machine with rollers for squeezing water out of wet clothes etc.
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