scrunched
past simple and past participle ofscrunch
scrunch
verb
uk/skrʌntʃ/us/skrʌntʃ/scrunchverb(MAKE A NOISE)
[IorT]
to make thenoiseproducedby hard things beingpressedtogether, or topresshard things together so that they make anoise:
Thepebblesscrunched beneathourfeet.
We scrunchedsnowunderourfeet.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
scrunchverb(CRUSH)
[T]
tocrushmaterialsuch aspaperorclothinto aroughballin thehand:
She scrunched theletterupandthrewit in thebin.
Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- constriction
- crush
- depress
- gnashyourteethidiom
- ground
- mill
- noncompressible
- pinch
- pound
- presser
- pulp
- pulverization
- scrunch
- snap
- tamp
- unmilled
scrunchverb(MAKE SMALL)
[IorT,+ adv/prep]
to make something or yourselfsmallertofitinto asmallspace:
Thecatwashiding, scrunchedupunder thesofa.
[IorT,usually+ adv/prep]
to makeyourfaceorpartofyourfaceinto atightshapeinorderto show anemotion, or to go into atightshapethatexpressesanemotion:
He wasredwithangerand hisfacewas all scrunchedup.
Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double(someone)up/over
- huddled
- hunch
- hunched
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (something)
- scrunch
- slouch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
- stooped
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Making things more or less smooth or straight
Grimacing and frowning
Examplesofscrunched
scrunched
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
When they breathed out, it would be fine, but when they came back theyscrunched.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The turnout trousers, when not in use, are usually storedscruncheddown around the boots for efficient and fast access when they are needed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The review went on to state that almost all the dialogue is shouted, with facesscrunchedin anger.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instead, the compressed zone isscrunchedup and sheared laterally into mountain ranges, in a process called obduction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Next, the cloth isscrunchedon the pole.
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