to unpucker

Examples

• All

• The seamstress worked hard to unpucker the fabric so it would hang smoothly.

• She tried to unpucker her lips after making a funny face.

• The child laughed as he unpuckered his brow after being surprised.

• Don't unpucker that yet!

• Can you unpucker this?

• She used a moisturizer to unpucker her dry skin after being in the sun.

• After the big surprise, he tried to unpucker his forehead and smile.

Synonyms

S

to straighten out

vsto unpucker

11 2.9

To make something free of bends, twists, or knots

focuses on smoothing surface puckers not untangling or straightening

F

to flatten out

vsto unpucker

5 3.4

To become flat and smooth after being uneven

focuses on smoothing puckers rather than full flattening

U

to unknit

vsto unpucker

• Literature

1 8.3

To smooth a wrinkled forehead so you look less worried

covers smoothing any puckered area not only facial furrows

U

to unkink

vsto unpucker

1 5.8

To make a hose, wire, or rope straight by removing bends

targets surface puckers or wrinkles rather than twists or bends

U

to uncrumple

vsto unpucker

4.4

To make paper or cloth smooth again after it becomes wrinkled

is used for any puckered or wrinkled surface more generally

U

to unwrinkle

vsto unpucker

3.3

To make fabric smooth by removing folds

applies to any puckered surface not only fabrics

S

smoothed

vsto unpucker

1.9

Made smooth by ironing or pressing

describes the general act of releasing puckers without method

Antonyms

W

to wrinkle

56 2.1

To make a small fold in cloth, paper, or skin

P

to pucker

25 5.2

To make small wrinkles in skin or cloth

How Smooth

to unpucker

7.9

to pucker

25 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology