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Mangle vs Unmangled - What's the difference?

mangle | unmangled |

As a verb mangle

is to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.

As a noun mangle

is a hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

As an adjective unmangled is

not mangled.

mangle

English

(wikipedia mangle)

Verb

(mangl)
  • To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
  • * Milton
    • mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • when they are disposed to mangle a play or novel
  • (archaic) To wring laundry.
  • (computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
  • The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.

    • Derived terms

    * put through the mangle

    Anagrams

    * ----

    unmangled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not mangled.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 22, author=Charles M. Blow, title=Masters and Slaves of Deception, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In this Washington, no outreached hand goes unmangled . }}