Definition of mangle

noun (n)

• clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• press with a mangle (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Mangle the sheets.
  

  source: wordnet30
• injure badly by beating (verb.contact)

  Synonym: maul
  

  source: wordnet30
• alter so as to make unrecognizable (verb.change)

  Synonym: murder, mutilate
  

  source: wordnet30
• destroy or injure severely (verb.change)

  Synonym: cut up, mar, mutilate, mutilate
  

  source: wordnet30
• To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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