mangle

• Machine composée de deux rouleaux lourds et chauffés, servant à sécher et repasser le linge en le pressant et en le lissant.

A noun referring to a machine with two heavy heated rollers used for drying and ironing laundry by pressing and smoothing it.

1. Clothes drying and ironing machineC1formal

   A machine used for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers.

   Calandre (à linge)

   • She fed the sheets through the mangle to dry and press them.
   • The old mangle in the basement still works perfectly.
   • He used the mangle to quickly finish the laundry.

   Synonymescalender

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'endommager, déformer ou défigurer gravement quelque chose, souvent en le coupant, le déchirant ou l'écrasant.

A verb used to indicate the act of severely damaging, mutilating, or distorting something, often by cutting, tearing, or crushing.

1. Press with a mangleC1formalbritish

   To press or squeeze cloth or laundry through a mangle to remove water or smooth it.

   Presser au calandre

   • She mangled the sheets after washing them.
   • The old machine was used to mangle the fabric.
   • He carefully mangled the linen to make it perfectly flat.

   Synonymescalenderpress

2. Injure badly by beatingB2formal

   To severely injure or mutilate someone by beating or crushing.

   Mutiler grièvement

   • The victim was mangled in the brutal attack.
   • His leg was mangled in the car accident.
   • The machinery mangled his hand beyond repair.

   Synonymesbattercrushdisfigurehacklaceratemaimmaulmutilate

   Antonymescurehealmend

3. Alter so as to make unrecognizableB2informal

   To change or distort something, such as words or information, so badly that it becomes unclear or unrecognizable.

   déformer au point de rendre méconnaissable

   • He mangled the pronunciation of the foreign name.
   • The reporter mangled the facts in the article.
   • She mangled the song lyrics during the performance.

   Synonymesbotchbutcherdeformdistortgarblemutilateruinspoil

   Antonymesclarifypreserve

4. Destroy or injure severelyB2formal

   To damage or ruin something completely, often in a violent or careless way.

   mutiler

   • The storm mangled the roof of the house.
   • The dog mangled the toy in minutes.
   • The explosion mangled the entire building.

   Synonymesbutchercrushdamagedestroydisfigurehacklaceratemaimmutilateruinshattertrashwreck

   Antonymesfixmendpreserveprotectrepairrestore