English-Thai Dictionary
mangle
VT ทำให้ เสียโฉม ตัด เฉือน ฉีก หรือ ขยี้ จน แหลก เหลว crush tear injure wound slash heal tam-hai-sia-chom
mangle
VT ทำให้ เสื่อมเสีย ทำให้ ลดคุณ ค่า ทำลาย ruin spoil tam-hai-sum-sia
mangle up
PHRV ทำให้ เสีย ทำให้ พัง tam-hai-sia
mangled
ADJ ซึ่ง เสียโฉม ซึ่ง แหลก เหลว bitten broken deformed suemh-sia-chom
mangler
N ผู้ทำ ให้ เสื่อมเสีย tam-hai-suam-sia
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MANGLE
v.t. 1. To cut with a dull instrument and tear, or to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; applied chiefly to the cutting of flesh.
And seized with fear, forgot his mangled meat.
2. To curtail; to take by piece-meal.
MANGLE
n.[L. mango. ] 1. A rolling press or calendar for smoothing cloth.
2. A name of the mangrove, which see.
MANGLE
v.t.To smooth cloth with a mangle; to calendar.
MANGLED
pp. Torn in cutting; smoothed with a mangle.
MANGLER
n.One who tears in cutting; one who uses a mangle.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MANGLE
Man "gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mangling. ]Etym: [A frequentative fr. OE. manken to main, AS. mancian, in bemancian to mutilate, fr. L. mancus maimed; perh. akin to G. mangeln to be wanting. ]
1. To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.
2. To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation. To mangle a play or a novel. Swift.
MANGLE
Man "gle, n. Etym: [D. mangel, fr. OE. mangonel a machine for throwing stones, LL. manganum, Gr. Mangonel. ]
Defn: A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure. Mangle rack (Mach. ), a contrivance for converting continuous circular motion into reciprocating rectilinear motion, by means of a rack and pinion, as in the mangle. The pinion is held to the rack by a groove in such a manner that it passes alternately from one side of the rack to the other, and thus gives motion to it in opposite directions, according to the side in which its teeth are engaged. -- Mangle wheel, a wheel in which the teeth, or pins, on its face, are interrupted on one side, and the pinion, working in them, passes from inside to outside of the teeth alternately, thus converting the continuous circular motion of the pinion into a reciprocating circular motion of the wheel.
MANGLE
Man "gle, v. t. Etym: [Cf. D. mangelen. See Mangle, n.]
Defn: To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.
MANGLER
Man "gler, n. Etym: [See 1st Mangle. ]
Defn: One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.
MANGLER
Man "gler, n. Etym: [See 3d Mangle. ]
Defn: One who smooths with a mangle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
mangle
man gle 1 |ˈmaNGgəl ˈmæŋɡəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] severely mutilate, disfigure, or damage by cutting, tearing, or crushing: the car was mangled almost beyond recognition | figurative : he was mangling Bach on the piano. DERIVATIVES man gler noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French mahangler, apparently a frequentative of mahaignier ‘maim. ’
mangle
man gle 2 |ˈmæŋɡəl ˈmaNGgəl | ▶noun a large machine for ironing sheets or other fabrics, usually when they are damp, using heated rollers. • chiefly Brit. a machine having two or more cylinders turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed (to remove excess moisture ) and pressed. ▶verb [ with obj. ] press or squeeze with a mangle. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Dutch mangel, from mangelen ‘to mangle, ’ from medieval Latin mango, manga, from Greek manganon ‘axis, engine. ’
Oxford Dictionary
mangle
mangle 1 |ˈmaŋg (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing: the car was mangled almost beyond recognition. • ruin or spoil (a text, piece of music, etc. ): he was mangling Bach on the piano. DERIVATIVES mangler noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French mahangler, perhaps a frequentative of mahaignier ‘maim ’.
mangle
mangle 2 |ˈmaŋg (ə )l | ▶noun a machine having two or more rollers turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed to remove excess moisture. ▶verb [ with obj. ] press or squeeze with a mangle. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Dutch mangel, from mangelen ‘to mangle ’, from medieval Latin mango, manga, from Greek manganon ‘axis, engine of war ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
mangle
mangle verb 1 the bodies were mangled beyond recognition: mutilate, maim, disfigure, damage, injure, crush; hack, cut up, lacerate, tear apart, butcher, maul. 2 he's mangling the English language: spoil, ruin, mar, mutilate, make a mess of, wreck; informal murder, make a hash of, butcher.
Oxford Thesaurus
mangle
mangle verb 1 the bodies were mangled beyond recognition: mutilate, maim, disfigure, damage, injure, crush, crumple; hack, cut about, lacerate, tear apart, rend, chop (up ), butcher, deform, maul, wreck. 2 he's mangling the English language: spoil, ruin, mar, mutilate, bungle, mess up, make a mess of, wreck; informal murder, make a hash of, muck up, screw up, butcher.
Duden Dictionary
Manglebaum
Man g le baum , Mang le baum Substantiv, maskulin , der |M a nglebaum |der Manglebaum; Genitiv: des Manglebaum [e ]s, Plural: die Manglebäume indianisch-spanisch ; deutsch dauerhaftes Holz liefernder Baum der amerikanischen und westafrikanischen Mangroven
Manglerin
Mang le rin Substantiv, feminin , die |M a nglerin | zu mangeln
Spanish Dictionary
mangle
mangle nombre masculino Árbol o arbusto tropical de ramas largas y extendidas de las cuales nacen unas raíces adventicias que descienden hasta tocar el suelo y arraigar en él; crece en aguas fangosas o salobres :las hojas, el fruto y la corteza del mangle se emplean para curtir .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
mangle
man gle 1 /mǽŋɡ (ə )l /動詞 他動詞 1 〖主にbe ～d 〗(潰 （つぶ ）したりひねったりして )〈物 人の体が 〉ひどく傷つく, (押し )潰される, ずたずたに切られる .2 〈言葉 情報など 〉をわからなくする ; 〈原典 演奏など 〉を台なしにする .
mangle
man gle 2 名詞 C (旧式の洗濯物の )絞り機 (wringer ) 〘洗濯物を2本のローラーの間に通す 〙.動詞 他動詞 …を絞り機で脱水する .
The Wordsmith Dictionary