Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

    schürzen

    поджима́тьpodžimátʹ, подбира́тьpodbirátʹ

  2. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.

    мо́рщитьmórščitʹ

    gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

  3. To put into a purse.

  4. (intransitive, obsolete, rare)To steal purses; to rob.

Examples

373 sentences
  1. Mary left her purse at home.

    Мері лишила сумочку вдома. — deniko

    ruМэри оставила сумочку дома. — marafon

  2. I seem to have lost my purse.

    Здається, я загубив свій гаманець. — anastasishko

    ruКажется, я потерял кошелек. — sharptoothed

    deIch scheine meine Handtasche verloren zu haben. — mayabe

  3. Mary left her purse in her car.

    Мері залишила свою сумочку в машині. — deniko

    ruМэри оставила свою сумочку в машине. — LanguagesLover

  4. Mary threw her purse on the bed.

    Мері кинула свою сумочку на ліжко. — deniko

    ruМэри бросила сумочку на кровать. — marafon

    deMaria warf ihre Handtasche aufs Bett. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Mary forgot her purse in her car.

    Мері забула свою сумочку в машині. — deniko

    ruМэри забыла свой кошелёк в машине. — odexed

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to press (the lips) together:
to pucker:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to press (the lips) together:

Origin

From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag,

From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”).

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Forms

purses, pursing, pursed, pursed
Base formpurse · to purse
3rd person singularpurses
Present participlepursing
Past simplepursed
Past participlepursed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypurse
he, she, itpurses

Past simpleLesson

all personspursed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pursed
he, she, ithas pursed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill purse

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker:wrinkle

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • her purse and
  • of her purse
  • in her purse
  • lost my purse
  • purse on the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
purse — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto