noun Download 🔗Share A small bag for carrying money. Examples : "My daughter put her money and a few small items into her new purse. " wear item style business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items) Examples : "The women placed their purses under their chairs at the restaurant. " style item wear thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A quantity of money given for a particular purpose. Examples : "The university offered research purses to support students working on their dissertations. " finance business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia. Examples : ""Back in Persia, my grandfather paid for our family's passage with two purses of tomans." " amount economy finance business value Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude. Examples : "She pursed her lips in disapproval when she saw the messy room. " body appearance action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit. Examples : "After tasting the sour lemonade, she purses her lips. " appearance body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put into a purse. Examples : "She purses her lips slightly before carefully purses the remaining coins into her small coin purse. " item utility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To steal purses; to rob. Examples : "The thief was known to purses elderly women in crowded markets. " property action police law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading