Complete Definition of "mangle"

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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-mangle.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|æ�ɡ�l

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|mangl|ing

  1. To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
  2. archaic To wring laundry.

Translations
trans-top|to change, mutilate or disfigure
Finnish: ruhjoa, runnoa, murjoa
German: verstümmeln, zerfleischen; figuratively durch die Mangel drehen
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Portuguese: mutilar, desfigurar, mudar
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trans-top|to wring laundry
Finnish: mankeloida
German: mangeln, wringen
trans-mid
Russian: �азглажива�� �калка|�калкой (razgláživat� skálkoj)
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Noun
en-noun
Image:Mangle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|hand mangle

  1. A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
  2. The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.

Translations
trans-top|a hand-operated device with rollers for wringing laundry
Czech: mandl m
Finnish: mankeli
German: Mangel f, Wäschemangel f
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Russian: �калка (skálka) f, ка�ок (katók) m
Swedish: mangel c
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fr:mangle
io:mangle
it:mangle
ru:mangle
vi:mangle

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