Purling

Synonyms for "purling" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
brook noiseglidemurmur

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
purlpurl stitchpurl work

Related words (5)

Verb(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
purling techniqueripplestream soundwater murmur

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
acoustic phenomenonknittingknitting techniquemotionsoundtextile technique

More specific

5 entries
brook murmurmurmuring waterpurl ribpurl stitchwater ripple

Collocations

11 entries
brook purlingknit and purlpurl stitchpurl stitch patternpurling actionpurling stitchpurling techniquepurling waterstream purl soundstream purlingwater purling sound

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They have sometimes caused an high steepy mountaine to arise in the midst of the sayd Amphitheaters, all over-spred with fruitfull and flourishing trees of all sortes, on the top whereof gushed out streames of water as from out the source of a purling spring.

Source: wiktionary

"Thank Heaven," cried Henrietta, laughing, "you do not, even in fancy, turn me into a shepherdess, with sheep on one side, and a purling brook on the other."

Source: wiktionary

[Thomas Jefferson] was up near the source of the River of America, near the Three Forks, while we are downstream from New Orleans in a broad, deep, incredibly powerful river that often feels more like a sewer than a purling mountain stream.

Source: wiktionary

the purlings of the stream

Source: wiktionary

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