frounce
frounce · frounces · frounced · frouncing
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dressTo gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress.
/fɹaʊns/
Meaning
3 senses(ambitransitive, rare)To curl.
(rare)To crease, wrinkle, to frown.
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress.
Origin
From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *hrunkiju (“a wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
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Forms
frounces, frouncing, frounced, frouncedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle