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101scrawl — scrawl1 [skro:l US skro:l] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from crawl, influenced by scrawl to lie carelessly (14 19 centuries)] to write in a careless and untidy way, so that your words are not easy to read →↑scribble ▪ He scrawled his… …
102sprawl — sprawl1 [spro:l US spro:l] v also sprawl out [I always + adverb/preposition] [: Old English; Origin: spreawlian] 1.) to lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way ▪ He sprawled out on the sofa. ▪ I tripped on a… …
103tidy — ti|dy1 [ˈtaıdi] adj comparative tidier superlative tidiest especially BrE [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: tidy at an appropriate time (13 18 centuries), from tide] 1.) a room, house, desk etc that is tidy is neatly arranged with everything in the right …
104turn — turn1 W1S1 [tə:n US tə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(your body)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(direction)¦ 4¦(move around central point)¦ 5¦(change)¦ 6¦(attention/thoughts)¦ 7 turn your back (on somebody/something) 8¦(age/time)¦ 9 turn something inside out …
105upside down — upside down1 adv [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: up so down up as if down (14 16 centuries)] 1.) with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top ▪ To get the plant out of the pot, turn it upside down and give it a gentle knock. 2.) turn sth upside …
106wrinkle — wrin|kle1 [ˈrıŋkəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: wrinkled twisted, winding (14 16 centuries), probably from Old English gewrinclian to wind ] 1.) wrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old ▪ Her face was a mass of… …
107smudge — smudge1 [ smʌdʒ ] noun count a small untidy mark made by a substance such as dirt or ink smudge smudge 2 [ smʌdʒ ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive if you smudge something such as ink, or it smudges, you make it spread across the page in an… …
108dishevelled — [15] Semantically, dishevelled ‘with untidy hair’ and unkempt ‘with uncombed hair’ are closely parallel formations. Dishevelled originated as an adaptation of deschevele, the past participle of Old French descheveler ‘disarrange the hair’. This… …
109clutter — [[t]klʌ̱tə(r)[/t]] clutters, cluttering, cluttered 1) N UNCOUNT Clutter is a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not useful or necessary. Caroline prefers her worktops to be clear of clutter. 2) VERB If things or people… …
110crumple — [[t]krʌ̱mp(ə)l[/t]] crumples, crumpling, crumpled 1) V ERG If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds. [V n] She crumpled the paper in her hand... The front and… …
