| ruffle | 1. <cell biology> Projections at the leading edge of a crawling cell. In time lapse films the active edge appears to ruffle. The protrusions are apparently supported by a microfilament meshwork and can move centripetally over the dorsal surface of a cell in culture. 2. <zoology> The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca. Ruffle of a boot, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. 3. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill. 4. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle. 5. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion. "The fantastic revelries . . . That so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile." (I. Taylor) "She smoothed the ruffled seas." (Dryden) Origin: From Ruff a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. Ruyffelen to wrinkle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ruffle | a noisy fight |
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| ruffle | a high tight collar |
| ruffle | a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim |
| ruffle | pleat or gather into a ruffle |
| ruffle | disturb the smoothness of |
| ruffle | erect or fluff up |
| ruffle | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement |
| ruffle | twitch or flutter |
| ruffle | trouble or vex |
| ruffle | discompose |
| ruffle | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others |
| ruffle | stir up (water) so as to form ripples |
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