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1. (n.) purse
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
2. purse
a small bag, pouch, or case for carrying money:
a change purse.
3. purse
anything resembling a purse in appearance, use, etc.
4. purse
a sum of money offered as a prize or collected as a gift.
5. purse
financial resources; wealth.
6. (v.t.) purse
to contract into folds; pucker:
to purse one's lips.
7. purse
to put into a purse.
Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME, OE purs, b. pusa bag (c. ON posi) and ML bursa bag (&indirdesc; Gk býrsa hide, leather))
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| Definition of 'Purse' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
"she reached into her bag and found a comb"
2. (noun) purse
a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse
"he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"
3. (noun) purse
a small bag for carrying money
4. (verb) purse
a sum of money offered as a prize
"the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"
5. (verb) purse
contract one's lips into a rounded shape
6. (verb) purse, wrinkle
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
"purse ones's lips"
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1. (noun) purse
a bag that a woman carries her wallet and other useful things in; = handbag
I left my purse on the bus.
2. purse
a change purse for a woman
coins in her purse
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Purse
a small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie
2. (noun) Purse
hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse
3. (noun) Purse
a sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse
4. (noun) Purse
a specific sum of money
5. (noun) Purse
in Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters
6. (noun) Purse
in Persia, the sum of 50 tomans
7. (verb) Purse
to put into a purse
8. (verb) Purse
to draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit
9. (verb) Purse
to steal purses; to rob
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Sense: a small bag for carrying money
I looked in my purse for some change.
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 Afrikaans: beursie |
 Arabic: مِحْفَظَة نُقود |
 Bulgarian: портмоне |
 Brazilian: porta-moedas |
 Czech: peněženka |
 German: die Geldbörse |
 Danish: pung |
 Greek: πορτοφόλι |
 Spanish: monedero |
 Estonian: rahakott |
 Farsi: کیف پول |
 Finnish: kukkaro |
 French: porte-monnaie |
 Hebrew: אַרנָק |
 Hindi: बटुआ |
 Hungarian: pénztárca |
 Indonesian: dompet |
 Icelandic: budda |
 Italian: borsellino, portamonete |
 Japanese: 財布 |
 Korean: 지갑 |
 Lithuanian: piniginė |
 Latvian: naudas maks |
 Malay: beg duit |
 Dutch: beurs, portemonnee |
 Norwegian: (penge)pung, lommebok |
 Polish: portmonetka |
 Persian: کیف پول |
 Pashto: د پيسو بټوه |
 Portuguese: porta-moedas |
 Romanian: portmoneu |
 Russian: кошелёк |
 Slovak: peňaženka |
 Slovenian: denarnica |
 Serbian: tašna |
 Swedish: portmonnä, börs |
 Thai: กระเป๋าใส่เงินขนาดเล็ก |
 Turkish: cüzdan, para çantası |
 Taiwanese: 小錢包 |
 Ukrainian: гаманець |
 Urdu: بٹوا، تھيلي |
 Vietnamese: cái ví |
 Chinese: 小钱包 |
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