COCKLE Synonyms
There are 13 hypernyms of the word cockle. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for COCKLE
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crumple | verbv | |||||||
verb • fall apart • fold or collapse • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds • become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | ||||||||
darnel | nounn | |||||||
noun • weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous | ||||||||
knit | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a fabric made by knitting • a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side • needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine verb • make (textiles) by knitting • tie or link together • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | ||||||||
pucker | verbv | |||||||
noun • an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) verb • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds • draw together into folds or puckers • become wrinkled or drawn together | ||||||||
riffle | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small wave on the surface of a liquid • shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners verb • twitch or flutter • look through a book or other written material • stir up (water) so as to form ripples • shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | ||||||||
ripple | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small wave on the surface of a liquid • (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value verb • stir up (water) so as to form ripples • flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | ||||||||
ruffle | verbv | |||||||
noun • a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim • a high tight collar • a noisy fight verb • stir up (water) so as to form ripples • trouble or vex • to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others • discompose • twitch or flutter • mix so as to make a random order or arrangement • erect or fluff up • disturb the smoothness of • pleat or gather into a ruffle | ||||||||
rumple | verbv | |||||||
verb • disturb the smoothness of • to gather something into small wrinkles or folds • become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | ||||||||
undulate | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • having a wavy margin and rippled surface verb • stir up (water) so as to form ripples • occur in soft rounded shapes • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion • increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves |