Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
English: grimace, make a face, pull a face
Bahasa: menyeringai, meringis, berkumut, menyerengeh
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mengerutkanBahasa Indonesia
shrink, contract, crease, shrivel, wrinkle
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#12,974 of the corpus · 4.3 per million words · 18,449 occurrences
From kerut (meN-…-kan) · rare, #33,472
Verb
Wither, as with a loss of moisture
English: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
Bahasa: menyusut, layu, mengerut, menyusutkan, menciut, meranggas, menciutkan, mengecut
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Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface, make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
English: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
Bahasa: berkerut, mengerut, mengedutkan, menggumalkan, merenyukkan
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8 more verb senses
To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
English: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
Bahasa: melengkung, bersambung, berkerut, melengkungkan, bercantum, mengusutkan, mengedutkan, menggerenyet
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Squeeze or press together
English: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
Bahasa: memegang, rapat, menekan, menggenggam, memerah, memeras, meregangkan, meremas
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Draw back, as with fear or pain
English: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
Bahasa: menghindari, terkejut, menyusut, menakuti, tersentak, menyentak, gementar, menciutkan
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Decrease in size, range, or extent
English: shrink, shrivel
Bahasa: berkurang, menyusut, kecut, susut, menyusutkan, ciut, mengecut, menguncup
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Make wrinkled or creased
English: furrow, wrinkle, crease
Bahasa: berkerut, berkedut, mengerut, kedut, mengedutkan, menggumalkan, merenyukkan
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Reduce in size, reduce physically
English: shrink, reduce
Bahasa: kurang, mengurangi, menurunkan, memotong, mengurangkan, menyusut, memperkecil, menipiskan
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Become smaller or draw together
English: shrink, contract
Bahasa: surut, menyusut, berkerut, mengerut, menyusutkan, mengecut
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Make smaller
English: contract
Bahasa: mengecilkan, mengerut, memendekkan, mengecut, mengecutkan, menyingkatkan
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