| NOUN | artifact | purse, bag, handbag, pocketbook | a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) |
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| possession | purse | a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse | |
| artifact | purse | a small bag for carrying money | |
| possession | purse | a sum of money offered as a prize | |
| VERB | change | purse | contract one's lips into a rounded shape |
| contact | purse, wrinkle | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds |
| Sounds | per's | |
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| Rhymes | adverse ... worse: 27 rhymes with ers... | |
| Meaning | A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women). | |
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| Synonyms | bag, handbag, pocketbook | |
| Parts | clasp | A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together |
| Narrower | clutch bag, clutch | A woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand |
| etui | small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles | |
| evening bag | A handbag used with evening wear | |
| reticule | A woman's drawstring handbag | |
| shoulder bag | A large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder | |
| Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
| Spanish | bolsa, bolso, cartera | |
| Catalan | bossa de mà, bossa, cartera | |
| Meaning | A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse. | |
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| Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money | A quantity of money |
| Meaning | A small bag for carrying money. | |
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| Parts | purse string | A drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse |
| Broader | bag | A flexible container with a single opening |
| Spanish | cartera, monedero | |
| Catalan | cartera, moneder | |
| Meaning | A sum of money offered as a prize. | |
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| Example | "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses" | |
| Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money | A quantity of money |
| Spanish | bolsa, cantidad | |
| Meaning | contract one's lips into a rounded shape. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Narrower | pooch, pooch out | round one's lips as if intending to kiss |
| Broader | round, round out, round off | make round |
| Spanish | fruncir los labios, fruncir | |
| Catalan | fer morros | |
| Meaning | Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "purse ones's lips" | |
| Synonym | wrinkle | |
| Broader | contract | make smaller |
| Spanish | fruncir | |
| Catalan | frunzir | |
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