noun
- A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women. )
- usage: "she reached into her bag and found a comb"
- synonyms: bag, handbag, pocketbook
- A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse.
- usage: "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"
- A small bag for carrying money.
- A sum of money offered as a prize.
- usage: "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"
verb
- Contract one's lips into a rounded shape.
- Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker.
- usage: "purse ones's lips"
- synonyms: wrinkle
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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