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PURSE

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There are 9 entries related to PURSE in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary.


1. What does PURSE mean?
pronunciation
This has six meanings (4 senses as a noun, 2 senses as a verb). Usually, it defines a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

2. What does SEA PURSE mean?
pronunciation
The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

3. What does SEA-PURSE mean?
pronunciation
The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

4. What does PRIVY PURSE mean?
pronunciation
Allowance for a monarch's personal expenses

5. What does PURSE SEINE mean?
pronunciation
It's a seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line

6. What does PURSE-PROUD mean?
pronunciation
Proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction)

7. What does PURSE STRING mean?
pronunciation
It's a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse

8. What does SHEPHERD'S PURSE mean?
pronunciation
White-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed

9. What does PURSE-STRING OPERATION mean?
pronunciation
It's a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies


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