mangle
To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etcTo change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
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3 senses(transitive)To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel
verstümmeln, zerfleischen, durch die Mangel drehen
искажа́тьiskažátʹ, кромса́тьkromsátʹ, по́ртитьpórtitʹ
(transitive)To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
(archaic, transitive)To wring laundry.
mangeln, wringen, auswringen
выжима́тьvyžimátʹ
- alter so as to make unrecognizable
- press with a mangle
- damage or injure severely
- injure badly by beating
Examples
5 sentencesHow did Tom mangle his hand?
Tom's hands were mangled.
He was mangled by the machine.
The bike was mangled in its collision with the truck.
ruВелосипед был изувечен в столкновении с грузовиком. — Hellerick
Christianity is not the answer, and it has even managed to mangle the question.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English mangelen, manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentativeFrom Middle English mangelen, manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem.
Ca. 1700, from Dutch mangel, from Early Modern German Mangel (15th c.), enhanced form (by analogy with other tool names in -el) of Middle High German mange, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon). Doublet of mangonel.
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Forms
mangles, mangling, mangled, mangledSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons 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
See also
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