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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth);
[syn: pucker, ruck]


VERB (3)

1. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds;
- Example: "She puckered her lips"
[syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit]

2. draw together into folds or puckers;
[syn: gather, pucker, tuck]

3. become wrinkled or drawn together;
- Example: "her lips puckered"
[syn: pucker, ruck, ruck up]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pucker \Puck"er\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puckering.] [From Poke a pocket, small bag.] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth. "His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles." --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pucker \Puck"er\, n. 1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pucker n 1: an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) [syn: pucker, ruck] v 1: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit] 2: draw together into folds or puckers [syn: gather, pucker, tuck] 3: become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" [syn: pucker, ruck, ruck up]