mangle
மாக்னெல்
definition
verb
the car was mangled almost beyond recognition
severely mutilate, disfigure, or damage by cutting, tearing, or crushing.
press or squeeze with a mangle.
noun
At seven in the evening they broke off to run the hotel linen through the mangle .
a large machine for ironing sheets or other fabrics, usually when they are damp, using heated rollers.
translation of 'mangle'
சலவைப் பொறி
example
Mum used a 'mangle' and a washboard so when the washing machine arrived it was a big moment.
The first continuous process involved squeezing a ribbon of molten glass through two hot rollers, similar to an old 'mangle' .
On washing day it was my job to wring out the washing by turning the 'mangle' for her.
The sheets were not ironed but were put through a 'mangle' - like a large wringer - which flattened them.
And, of course, I got to remembering Monday wash days at home, clouds of steam billowing, the washboard clattering and the 'mangle' creaking, lines of gleaming white washing hanging out to dry.
‘If I wasn't at school, I had to turn the handle on the 'mangle' while mum put the sheets through,’ Peter recalls.
She does not have a TV and her washing machine is an archaic model involving rubber hoses and a handle-operated 'mangle' .
At seven in the evening they broke off to run the hotel linen through the 'mangle' .
When I got close enough to see, the front half of the car was literally 'mangled' .
Or, the lift wreckage would become 'mangled' inside the tubing, preventing any further use of that tube.
The smooth shell of the car was 'mangled' beyond recognition.
Mr Gibson's mum would get up at five in the morning to do the washing in the communal washhouse complete with 'mangles' .
I don't think she liked the way I was 'mangling' her language.
The garden also contains a vintage mechanical washing machine as well as antique ploughs, 'mangles' and bacon slicers.
My resolutions, therefore, are for others, and in particular for some of the many 'manglers' of the English language.
At least we can say that it is not the only group creatively 'mangling' the language.
The dais was in the form of a human whose skeleton was 'mangled' beyond recognition.
For each national-anthem 'mangler' , there was only one rendition standing between glory and defeat.
We used to have twin tubs and 'mangles' , but we don't any more.
Humphrys has now let his rage against the army of word 'manglers' off the leash.
For decades now, our pop stars have been sending us political messages that are less mixed than 'mangled' beyond reason.
Stories of men given to hitting their women weren't unheard of in my family, but I associated them with my grandparents' generation, like chenille tablecloths or 'mangles' or the music hall itself.
One of the top offenders, according to critics, is the former German captain, who regularly 'mangles' his sentences.
Will this solidify the widespread view that the he is a cynical 'mangler' of morality?
Two crushed and 'mangled' pick-up trucks have been flipped on their side.
Most bizarrely, he even 'mangles' an extremely well-known line of Orwell's, his tirade about ‘every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer’ and so on.
She quickly set to work, chopping vegetables into little 'mangled' bits and depositing the mess into a huge steel pot.
This blast was so powerful, it left storefronts 'mangled' , blew out car windows and sent metal and glass flying in all directions.
He would tear his hair as they 'mangled' the beautiful old German words.
She was 'mangling' Whitney Houston songs like no one had ever done before.
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