Definition of mangle

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Mangle (v. t.) To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation..

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Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Mingle-mangle :: Mingle-mangle (v. t.) To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.
Mingle-mangle :: Mingle-mangle (n.) A hotchpotch.
Launder :: Launder (v. i.) To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts..
Lacerate :: Lacerate (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart..
Scamble :: Scamble (v. t.) To mangle.
Mangler :: Mangler (n.) One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.
Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..
Bemangle :: Bemangle (v. t.) To mangle; to tear asunder.
Mangle :: Mangle (n.) A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure..
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post..
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate..
Mangler :: Mangler (n.) One who smooths with a mangle.
Murder :: Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..
Mangled :: Mangled (imp. & p. p.) of Mangl.
Mangle :: Mangle (n.) To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth..
Lacerated :: Lacerated (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound..
Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation..
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth..
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