ruffling

  • 1Ruffling — Ruffle Ruf fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruffling}.] [From {Ruff} a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.] 1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to… …

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  • 2ruffling — ruf·fle || rÊŒfl n. pleated strip of ribbon or other material used as a decorative trim; fold, pleat; unevenness or disturbance of a surface v. gather into pleats, crease; muss, dishevel; agitate, disturb; annoy, irritate …

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  • 3ruffling — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of h,1 ruffle : fabric gathered or pleated into ruffles; also : ruffle …

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  • 4Membrane ruffling — (also known as cell ruffling) is the formation of a motile cell surface that contains a meshwork of newly polymerized actin filaments. See also lamellipodia filopodia Biology Membrane Ruffling The ruffling of the plasma membrane is a… …

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  • 5animal behaviour — Introduction       any activity of an intact organism.       A living animal behaves constantly in order to survive, and all animals must solve the same basic problems. They must, for instance, periodically replace their energy source (consume… …

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  • 6ruffle — [[t]rʌ̱f(ə)l[/t]] ruffles, ruffling, ruffled 1) VERB If you ruffle someone s hair, you move your hand backwards and forwards through it as a way of showing your affection towards them. [V n] Don t let that get you down, he said ruffling Ben s… …

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  • 7ruffle — ruffle1 [ruf′əl] vt. ruffled, ruffling [ME ruffelen < ON or MLowG, as in LowG, ON hrufla, to scratch] 1. to take away the smoothness of; wrinkle; ripple [wind ruffling the water] 2. to gather into ruffles 3. to put ruffles on as trimming 4 …

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  • 8Dave Winer — circa 2007 Born May 2, 1955 (1955 05 02) (age 56) Brooklyn, New York City, USA …

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  • 9Cytochalasin — Cytochalasins are fungal metabolites that have the ability to bind to actin filaments and block polymerization and the elongation of actin. As a result of the inhibition of actin polymerization, cytochalasins can change cellular morphology,… …

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  • 10T-cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein 1 — T cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis inducing protein 1, also known as TIAM1, is a human protein gene. [cite web | title = Entrez Gene: TIAM1 T cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd …

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