English Dictionary

purse

/pɜːs/

verb

(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude. / To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit. / To put into a purse.

She purses her lips when she's angry.

意味（1）

(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

The serving Sister pursed up her lips to remind him of the cloistral rule, almost as if she wanted to prevent any conversation between him and the nun.

意味（2）

To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.

[…] thou […] didst contract and purse thy brow together, / As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain / Some horrible conceit: […]

意味（3）

To put into a purse.

And I will go and purse the ducats straight,

意味（4）

(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.

Why I'll purse; if that raise me not, I'll bet at bowling alleys, or man whores: I would fain live by others.