mangle (redirected from mangling)

man·gle ¹  (mnggl)

tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles

1. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing. See Synonyms at batter¹.

2. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance: mangle a speech.

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[Middle English manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bits; possibly akin to mahaignier, to maim; see mayhem.]

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mangler n.

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man·gle ²  (mnggl)

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.

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[Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange, mangonel, from Late Latin manganum, catapult; see mangonel.]

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mangle¹

vb (tr)

1. to mutilate, disfigure, or destroy by cutting, crushing, or tearing

2. to ruin, spoil, or mar

[from Norman French mangler, probably from Old French mahaignier to maim]

mangler  n

mangled  adj

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mangle²

n

(Engineering / 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

[from Dutch mangel, ultimately from Late Latin manganum. See mangonel]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mangle - clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers clothes drier, clothes dryer - a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing
Verb	1.	mangle - press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets" iron, iron out, press - press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"
	2.	mangle - injure badly by beating maul blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
	3.	mangle - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" murder, mutilate distort, falsify, garble, warp - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
	4.	mangle - destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" mutilate, cut up damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

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mangle

verb

1. crush, mutilate, maim, deform, cut, total (slang), tear, destroy, ruin, mar, rend, wreck, spoil, butcher, cripple, hack, distort, trash (slang), maul, disfigure, lacerate His body was mangled beyond recognition.

2. ruin, murder (informal), mar, spoil, bungle, screw up (informal), mess up, make a hash of (informal) There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it.

Translations

mangle¹ [ˈmæŋgl]

A. N (= device) → escurridor m

B. VT (= wring) → pasar por el escurridor

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mangle² [ˈmæŋgl] VT (= crush) → aplastar; [+ text etc] → mutilar, estropear

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mangle [ˈmæŋg^əl] n (= wringer) → essoreuse f

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mangle¹

n → Mangel f

vt clothes → mangeln

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mangle²

vt (also mangle up) → (übel) zurichten

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mangle¹ [ˈmæŋgl] vt (mutilate, body) → straziare, maciullare; (object) → stritolare

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mangle¹ [ˈmæŋgl] vt (mutilate, body) → straziare, maciullare; (object) → stritolare

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mangle² [ˈmæŋgl] n → strizzatoio

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mangle² [ˈmæŋgl] n → strizzatoio

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mangle

v mangle [ˈmӕŋgl]

1 to crush to pieces The car was badly mangled in the accident. vervorm يُقَطِّع потрошен rozbít ødelægge zerfetzen κομματιάζω destrozar, despedazar, aplastar purustama خرد شدن runnella écraser לְרַטֵש, לְרַסֵק क्षत-विक्षत करना raskomadati összetörik meremuk meiða, lemstra fracassare ずたずたにする 갈기갈기 찢다 suknežinti, sužaloti sadragāt; sacirst; sadrupināt meremukkan havenen ødelegge, knuse pokiereszować despedaçar a zdrobi кромсать; уродовать rozbiť razbiti zdrobiti illa tilltygla, sarga ทำให้เสียโฉม parçalamak 損壞 шматувати; калічити مار مار کر ادھیڑ ڈالنا xé 损坏

2 to spoil (eg a piece of music) by bad mistakes etc He mangled the music by his terrible playing. verbrou يُشَوِّه، يُفْسِد развалям pokazit ødelægge; mishandle verstümmeln κατακρεουργώ, σκοτώνω (μτφ.) mutilar moonutama خراب کردن pilata massacrer לְהַשחִית क्षत-विक्षत करना, काट-पीट देना sasjeći elront merusak aflaga, fara illa með fare scempio di だいなしにする 엉망으로 만들다 išdarkyti, iškraipyti izkropļot merosak verknoeien ødelegge, mishandle zepsuć mutilar a strica портить pokaziť (iz)maličiti, mrcvariti pokvariti misshandla, fördärva ทำให้เสื่อมเสีย berbat etmek 弄槽 спотворювати, перекручувати غلطیاں کرکے دھن بگاڑنا làm hỏng 弄槽

3 to put (clothing etc) through a mangle. wring يَضَع المَلابِس في مَعْصَرَةِ الغَسيل изрязвам mandlovat rulle mangelm στραγγίζω στο μάγκανο pasar por el escurridor, escurrir (pesu) rullima پرس کردن mankeloida essorer לְהַעֲבִיר בְּמַעֲגִילָה (गीला कपड़ा) रखना valjati rublje mángorol memeras vinda (þvott) manganare 絞り機にかける 물을 짜다 perleisti per gręžimo įtaisą rullēt veļu memerah mangelen rulle (tøy) maglować espremer катать, отжимать mangľovať ožemati iscediti rublje valjkom mangla ตัด เฉือน ฉีก presten/merdaneden geçirmek 用軋布機軋 катати білизну کپڑوں کو مینگل میں دبا کر نکالنا xé; cắt 用轧布机轧

n

a machine with rollers for squeezing water out of wet clothes etc. wringmasjien مِعْصَرَة الغَسيل بالضَّغْط преса за сушене mandl vridemaskine die Mangel μάγκανο escurridor pesuväänamisrull دستگاه پرس mankeli essoreuse à rouleaux מַעֲגִילָה कपड़े सुखाने की मशीन stroj za valjanje rublja mángorló alat pemeras þvottkefli, vinda mangano 絞り機 물을 짜는 기계 skalbinių gręžimo įtaisas veļas rullis mesin pemerah mangel maskinrulle wyżymaczka espremedor de roupa отжимный каток mangeľ monga valjak za ceđenje rublja mangel เครื่องปั่นผ้า çamaşır sıkma makinesi 軋干機 качалка для білизни بھیگے کپڑوں سے پانی نچوڑنے کی مشین máy cán là 轧布机；甩干机