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to concertina

to concertina

1 8.7
To fold into repeating ridges like the moving part of an accordion
  • verb
  • /kənˈsɜːrtɪnə/
translation icon : plegar
  • He watched the paper concertina as he pressed it down, making it compact and organized.

Examples

  • The fabric concertinaed as she folded it neatly, creating alternating ridges.

  • As the storm passed, the tent concertinaed under the strong winds before finally standing upright again.

  • All seemed to fall together and collapse like a concertina of days made of the same fabric.

  • I don't know, it feels a bit concertinaed here, but look, it gets pulled along here like that.

Compounds

Chemnitzer concertina
  • Specialized
9.9

A small square instrument like an accordion with buttons used in folk music

concertina fold
  • Specialized
6.7

A pattern where paper, cloth, or rock is bent back and forth like an accordion

English concertina
8.6

A six-sided instrument with rows of buttons that you play like a small accordion

Anglo-German concertina
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bellows instrument with buttons on both ends, square or six-sided

How Folded

to crumple
29 3.4
to concertina
1 8.7
to fold
220 1.0
to crease
18 2.3
to bend
268 1.0

Surface Forms

concertina infinitive
concertined past
concertined past participle
concertining present participle
concertinas third person singular

Etymology

Concertina as a verb means to fold or collapse into a series of ridges, like the bellows of a concertina or an accordion, so the action takes its name from the instrument's folding shape.