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— English words —

• purse n. A small bag for carrying money.
• purse n. (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items).
• purse n. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
• purse n. (Historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.
• purse v. (Transitive) To press (one’s lips) in and together so that they protrude.
• purse v. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
• purse v. To put into a purse.
• purse v. (Intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.
• Purse prop.n. A surname from Middle English.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Estonian
  • purse n. Outburst.
  • purse n. Eruption.
  • purse n. Explosion.
  • purse n. Spurt, gush.
• Finnish
  • purse n. Excess material that gushes or bursts out, such as plaster from under a brick.
  • purse n. (Metallurgy) flash (material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould).

— English words, defined in French —

• purse n. (Royaume-Uni) Bourse, porte-monnaie.
• purse n. (États-Unis) Sac à main.
• purse v. Tendre, avancer.
• purse v. Pincer ou retrousser (en parlant des lèvres), mettre ses lèvres en cul de poule.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• purse s. Monedero.
• purse s. Bolso.
• purse s. Erario.
• purse v. Fruncir.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• purse s. Bolsa feminina, geralmente pequena.
• purse v. Franzir (os lábios, para demonstrar desaprovação ou descrença).

— English word, defined in Italian —

• purse s. Borsa.

85 English words from 15 English definitions

and around bag brick bursts bursts␣out carrying certain contract countries draw draw␣up edge English Eruption Excess Explosion flash folds for formerly from given gush gushes handbag Historical into Intransitive items knit left line lips material Metallurgy Middle Middle␣English money mould moulded obsolete of␣a one out Outburst part particular parting Persia personal piastres plaster press protrude pucker purpose purse purses put quantity rare rob small so␣that specific Spurt steal such such␣as sum surname that the they together tomans Transitive Turkey under used usually various women wrinkles

13 English words from 11 foreign definitions

Bolsa Bourse des main para Pincer porte-monnaie poule Sac ses Tendre Uni Unis

28 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

avancer Bolso Borsa cul demonstrar desaprovação descrença des␣lèvres Erario États États-Unis feminina Franzir Fruncir geralmente lábios lèvres lèvres␣en␣cul␣de␣poule mettre Monedero monnaie parlant pequena porte retrousser Royaume Royaume-Uni Sac␣à␣main

47 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pursed Pursel purser Purser purses Purses purset pursew Pursell Pursels pursers Pursers pursets pursews purseful Pursells purse␣net pursewed pursefuls purselane purseless purselike purse␣nets pursewing purselanes pursemaker purse-pride purseproud purse-proud purse␣puppy pursership purse␣seine purse-bearer pursemakers pursemaking purserships purser's␣name purse␣seines pursestring purse␣string purse-bearers purse␣puppies purser's␣crabs pursestrings purse␣strings purseweb␣spider purseweb␣spiders

31 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unpursed unpurses cutpurses cut-purses dispursed dispurses manpurses sea-purses sea␣purses belt␣purses bump␣purses coin␣purses jail␣purses long␣purses pickpurses pick-purses bumps␣purses king's␣purses Privy␣Purses bumped␣purses change␣purses common␣purses devil's␣purses dispursement gaming␣purses prison␣purses public␣purses bumping␣purses mermaid's␣purses hold␣the␣purse␣strings loosen␣the␣purse␣strings

28 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unpurse cutpurse cut-purse dispurse manpurse sea-purse sea␣purse belt␣purse coin␣purse jail␣purse long␣purse pickpurse pick-purse king's␣purse Privy␣Purse change␣purse common␣purse devil's␣purse finger␣purse gaming␣purse prison␣purse public␣purse beggar's␣purse mermaid's␣purse shepherd's␣purse power␣of␣the␣purse empty␣as␣a␣pauper's␣purse lighten␣someone's␣purse

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

pur PUR purs RSE urs URs

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ESR RUP SRU

12 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Pre-Us Prues puers pures reups re-ups rupes Rupes sprue super Super super-

78 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

BUPERS cusper drupes dupers Dupres Epirus erupts Grupes Kupers Lupers pareus pauser perdus persue peruse poseur Prouse prudes Prudes prunes Pruses pukers pulers pulser purees purées purest pureys purges purles purres pursed Pursel purser Purser purses Purses purset pursew pursue Purves pusher pusser puters 'puters recups reds␣up Repubs respun rest␣up +28 words

50 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

EPRs ERPs ERSP Ersu ERUs pers pers. Pers. Peru pres Pres pres. Pres. Pre-U Prue Prus puer Puer pu'er Pu'er pure purs reps Reps Reps. resp RESP resp. reup re-up Reus rues Rues Rupe ruse Ruse SERP Sper spue spur Spur suer supe sure surp UPSR ures user useR US'er

20 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

burse Burse curse Furse murse nurse Nurse parse perse Perse per␣se pulse pumse puree purée purge purle purre Pursh pursy

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pure purs

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

pursue

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