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Meanings of scrunch in English

Portuguese
dobrar
Catalan
arrissar-se

Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.

      dobrar
      Portuguese
      ficar de cócoras
      Catalan
      arraulir-se

      Sit on one's heels.

            ficar de cócoras

            Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants.

                  Usage of scrunch in English
                  1
                  Molly was able to scrunch up her eyes and see past it.
                  Small favor
                  2
                  I have to scrunch in on one side of my own bed.
                  The center of everything
                  3
                  It also leads me to scrunch up when I start to get gripped.
                  Climbing Magazine
                  4
                  The second time, I heard every bone in its body scrunch and crack.
                  Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
                  5
                  She was roused by the scrunch of carriage wheels on the gravel drive.
                  The Green Carnation
                  6
                  Helen's watching her own hand scrunch her pink skirt into a thousand creases.
                  The sealed letter
                  7
                  As was, with Morales taking up space, he had to scrunch.
                  Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
                  8
                  Cloe and Rikki wouldn't have to scrunch up to keep their feet warm.
                  Her mother's hope
                  9
                  You can go flat to go up and scrunch up to go down.
                  Wired
                  10
                  Gretchen saw Nina scrunch her nose at the new odors permeating the Impala.
                  Goodbye dolly
                  11
                  He would scrunch his nose in disgust, insulted she'd even come.
                  Survival of the Fiercest
                  12
                  She could see it in the scrunch of his eyes behind the mask.
                  Boneshaker
                  13
                  Spray and scrunch and spray and scrunch to add waves.
                  The South African
                  14
                  She'd like to take off her shoes and scrunch her toes in the luxury.
                  Accidentally the sheikh's wife
                  15
                  He looks in her direction and she thinks his eyes scrunch into a smile.
                  Strange Sweet Song
                  16
                  Don't they scrunch the stuff, though! He laughed a little.
                  Mrs. Falchion, Complete
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                  Scrunch through the time