definition of
mangle

[1] #1 mangle n. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers. wn

[2] #2 mangle v. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets". wn

[3] #3 mangle v. [maul] injure badly by beating. wn

[4] #4 mangle v. [mutilate, murder] alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language". wn

[5] #5 mangle v. [mutilate, cut up] destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work". wn