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mangle
man·gle 1 M0077700 (măng′gəl)tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles 1. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing: fishing nets that mangle fish.2. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance: mangle a speech.
[Middle English manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bits; possibly akin to mahaignier, to maim; see mayhem.]
man′gler n.Synonyms: mangle, maim1, maul, mutilate
These verbs mean to cause severe injury or damage: machinery that mangled the worker's fingers; a construction worker maimed in an accident; a hiker mauled by a hungry bear; soldiers mutilated by shrapnel.
man·gle 2 M0077700 (măng′gəl)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.
[Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange, mangonel, from Late Latin manganum, catapult; see mangonel.]mangle (ˈmæŋɡəl) vb (tr) 1. to mutilate, disfigure, or destroy by cutting, crushing, or tearing2. to ruin, spoil, or mar[C14: from Norman French mangler, probably from Old French mahaignier to maim] ˈmangled adj ˈmangler n
mangle (ˈmæŋɡəl) n (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 passedvb (tr) to press or dry in a mangle[C18: from Dutch mangel, ultimately from Late Latin manganum. See mangonel]man•gle1 (ˈmæŋ gəl)
v.t. -gled, -gling. 1. to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The machinery mangled a sleeve. 2. to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting. [1375–1425; < Anglo-French mangler, perhaps from Old French mangonner to mangle; akin to mangonel] man′gler, n. man•gle2 (ˈmæŋ gəl)
n., v. -gled, -gling. n. 1. a machine for pressing laundry by passing it between heated rollers. v.t. 2. to press with a mangle. [1765–75; < Dutch mangel « Late Latin manganum. See mangonel] mangle
Past participle: mangled
Gerund: mangling
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| I mangle | | you mangle | | he/she/it mangles | | we mangle | | you mangle | | they mangle |
| Preterite |
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| I mangled | | you mangled | | he/she/it mangled | | we mangled | | you mangled | | they mangled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am mangling | | you are mangling | | he/she/it is mangling | | we are mangling | | you are mangling | | they are mangling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have mangled | | you have mangled | | he/she/it has mangled | | we have mangled | | you have mangled | | they have mangled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was mangling | | you were mangling | | he/she/it was mangling | | we were mangling | | you were mangling | | they were mangling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had mangled | | you had mangled | | he/she/it had mangled | | we had mangled | | you had mangled | | they had mangled |
| Future |
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| I will mangle | | you will mangle | | he/she/it will mangle | | we will mangle | | you will mangle | | they will mangle |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have mangled | | you will have mangled | | he/she/it will have mangled | | we will have mangled | | you will have mangled | | they will have mangled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be mangling | | you will be mangling | | he/she/it will be mangling | | we will be mangling | | you will be mangling | | they will be mangling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been mangling | | you have been mangling | | he/she/it has been mangling | | we have been mangling | | you have been mangling | | they have been mangling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been mangling | | you will have been mangling | | he/she/it will have been mangling | | we will have been mangling | | you will have been mangling | | they will have been mangling |
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| I had been mangling | | you had been mangling | | he/she/it had been mangling | | we had been mangling | | you had been mangling | | they had been mangling |
| Conditional |
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| I would mangle | | you would mangle | | he/she/it would mangle | | we would mangle | | you would mangle | | they would mangle |
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| I would have mangled | | you would have mangled | | he/she/it would have mangled | | we would have mangled | | you would have mangled | | they would have mangled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mangle - clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollersclothes 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 beatingmaulblemish, 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, mutilatedistort, 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 updamage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
mangleverb1. 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.mangle 1verbTo injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear:batter, knock about (or around), maul, rough up.
mangle 2verbTo smooth by applying heat and pressure:iron, press.Translationsmangle (ˈmӕŋgl) verb1. to crush to pieces. The car was badly mangled in the accident. 撞碎 损坏2. to spoil (eg a piece of music) by bad mistakes etc. He mangled the music by his terrible playing. (因嚴重失誤而)糟蹋 弄槽3. to put (clothing etc) through a mangle. 用軋乾機軋 用轧布机轧 noun a machine with rollers for squeezing water out of wet clothes etc. 軋乾機 轧布机，甩干机 mangle
be put through the mangleTo be subjected to some ordeal, difficulty, trial, or punishment; to undergo an unpleasant experience. Between my mother's bout with cancer, Jenny losing her job, and the bank threatening to foreclose on the house, our family has really been put through the mangle this year. Jake wasn't a great fit for the military, and he was constantly being put through the mangle for disobedience.See also: mangle, put, throughput (someone) through the mangleTo subject someone to some ordeal, difficulty, trial, or punishment; to force someone to undergo an unpleasant experience. My mother's recent bout with cancer has really put us through the mangle this year. I don't think Jake is a great fit for the military. His superiors are constantly putting him through the mangle for his disobedience.See also: mangle, put, throughmangle
mangle a machine for pressing or drying wet textiles, clothes, etc., consisting of two heavy rollers between which the cloth is passed mangleUsed similarly to mung or scribble, but more violentin its connotations; something that is mangled has beenirreversibly and totally trashed.mangle
Synonyms for mangleverb crushSynonyms- crush
- mutilate
- maim
- deform
- cut
- total
- tear
- destroy
- ruin
- mar
- rend
- wreck
- spoil
- butcher
- cripple
- hack
- distort
- trash
- maul
- disfigure
- lacerate
verb ruinSynonyms- ruin
- murder
- mar
- spoil
- bungle
- screw up
- mess up
- make a hash of
Synonyms for mangleverb to injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wearSynonyms- batter
- knock about
- maul
- rough up
verb to smooth by applying heat and pressureSynonymsSynonyms for manglenoun clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollersRelated Words- clothes drier
- clothes dryer
verb press with a mangleRelated Wordsverb injure badly by beatingSynonymsRelated Wordsverb alter so as to make unrecognizableSynonymsRelated Wordsverb destroy or injure severelySynonymsRelated Words |