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ruffle - pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric" |
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pleat |
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fold,
fold up,
turn up incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
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ruffle - erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" |
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fluff |
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loosen become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
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fluff up,
plump up,
shake up make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"
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ruffle - disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" |
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rumple |
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disarrange disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers"
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ruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure" |
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annoy,
bother,
chafe,
devil,
get at,
get to,
gravel,
irritate,
nark,
nettle,
rag,
rile,
vex cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
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ruffle - discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues" |
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fluster cause to be nervous or upset
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