ruffle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
government
military
natural-sciences
politics
war
zoology
Etymology: From Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.
Inflected forms:
form: ruffles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ruffles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ruffling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ruffled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ruffled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
pos: noun
examples: She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.
His dress was splendid; his hands glittered with rings, his snuff-box was covered with diamonds, and his ruffles were of the finest Mechlin lace.
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
gloss: Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
pos: noun
examples: to put the mind in a ruffle
gloss: A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
pos: noun
gloss: The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
pos: noun
gloss: To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Ruffle the end of the cuff.
gloss: To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The wind ruffled the papers.
Her sudden volley of insults ruffled his composure.
She […]smoothed the ruffled seas.
the fantastic revelries […] that so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile
But, ever after, the small violence done / Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart, / As the sharp wind that ruffles all day long / A little bitter pool about a stone / On the bare coast.
These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said Mr. Wonka, coming up close and raising both hands for silence. "Please, I beg you, do not ruffle yourselves! There's nothing to worry about."
[Finn] Russell created his side’s three first-half tries, ruffling a defence known for its composure, and dictated the match from the off.
gloss: To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The night comes on, and the bleak winds / Do sorely ruffle.
gloss: To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: On his right shoulder his thick mane ', / Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind.
gloss: To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They would ruffle with jurors.
gallants who ruffled in silk and embroidery
He was engaged in finding the steward, and in aiding him to cloak his mistress; then with a ruffling air, a new acquirement, which he had picked up since he came to Paris, he made a way for her through the crowd.
gloss: To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
pos: verb
gloss: To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
pos: verb
examples: [T]he barge with oar and sail / Moved from the brink, like some full-breasted swan / That, fluting a wild carol ere her death, / Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood / With swarthy webs.
gloss: To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
pos: verb
gloss: To throw together in a disorderly manner.
pos: verb
examples: Within a thicket I reposed; when round / I ruffled up fall'n leaves in heap; and found, / Let fall from heaven, a sleep interminate.
Derived words: bed ruffle
dust ruffle
ruffleless
ruffleable
ruffle a few feathers
ruffle any feathers
ruffle feathers
rufflement
ruffler
ruffle some feathers
ruffle someone's feathers
ruffle up
ruffly
toruffle
unrufflable
unruffle
unruffled
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