Crossword clues for pursed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purse \Purse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pursing.]
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To put into a purse.
I will go and purse the ducats straight.
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To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
Thou . . . didst contract and purse thy brow.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: purse)
Usage examples of "pursed".
Wilson was reminded of a picture from a childhood storybook where an ominous cloud with cheeks full, and lips pursed, blew the cold north wind across a cowering earth.
He pursed his lips knowingly and tossed the coins casually into his apron pocket.
Deep vertical crevices appeared in the middle of his brow and he let out a feeble stream of air through pursed lips.
Antony apprehensively with those big, brown, mournful eyes, and pursed his full lips together.
Uneasily the chaplain cleared his throat and pursed his lips, a sure sign of trouble.
He pursed his lips, considering her answer, and then presented a different argument.
He said nothing for a long moment, then breath hissed slowly between his pursed lips.
Dozens of pornographic photos were spread out over a large conference table snapshots of teenage girls with pursed lips and bedroom eyes doing things to gray-haired, potbellied men.