āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
scrunch
/skÉšËĘntâĘ/
to scrunch
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āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§ āϧāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§
to squeeze the hair with hands to make it look wavy
Transitive: to scrunch hair
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To achieve a beachy look, the hairstylist advised her to scrunch her damp hair with a sea salt spray.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏā§āĻāϤā§āϰ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāϤā§, āĻšā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϏā§āĻāĻžāĻāϞāĻŋāϏā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰā§āϰ āϞāĻŦāĻŖ āϏā§āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āϞ āĻā§āĻĒā§ āϧāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āϞā§āĻāĻžāύā§
to bend down or pull oneself into a compact position
Intransitive: to scrunch
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To avoid being seen by the enemy, the soldier scrunchâed in the trenches.
āĻļāϤā§āϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤā§, āϏā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻāĻŽāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to make a noise, often by crushing or crunching something
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While we were walking, the snow was scrunching under our boots.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻāύ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻā§āϰ āύā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϰāĻĢ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to squeeze or crunch something into a compact shape or form
Transitive: to scrunch sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the cold weather, he could n't help but scrunch his shoulders to stay warm.
āĻ āĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϧ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
05
āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāύāĻž
to tighten or draw together one's facial features
Transitive: to scrunch one's facial features
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She scrunchâed her eyebrows in confusion, trying to understand the complicated instructions.
āϏ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Scrunch
01
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
a crunching noise
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