āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸, āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ
a small bag that is used, particularly by women, to carry personal items
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
MY wife opened her purse and pulled out a pen to write a note.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ
a small bag used, particularly by women, for carrying money
Dialect
British
British
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āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸
a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨ
the amount of prize money or earnings awarded to winners or participants in a competition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She earned a significant purse for finishing first in the marathon.
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
to purse
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āĻ ā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ ā§āĻāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to pucker or tighten one's lips together to express disapproval or concentration
Transitive: to purse lips or mouth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He pursed his mouth in concentration as he worked.
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to draw together or contract into small folds or wrinkles
Intransitive
Transitive: to purse sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His brow pursed in confusion.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
