Blanket
Hi,
I cover the back seat of my car with a blanket because our dog sheds all year round and I don't want dog hair to be everywhere. I need to tuck the blacket in because otherwise my dog will...... the blanket. (I'm not sure what verb I should use here.)
I want to say that I don't want my dog to sort of scratch at the blanket and fluff it up but I can't quite find the right word. What about 'crease' or 'push off'?
Thank you.
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I would probably use 'crease', 'ruck up' or, less accurately and more informally, 'mess up'. There is an unusual word - to pill - that means to create a lot of little bobbles on material through friction; I don't think it's quite right here but is worth noting from a vocabulary perspective.
- I would probably use 'crease', 'ruck up' or, less accurately and more informally, 'mess up'.
- There is an unusual word - to pill - that means to create a lot of little bobbles on material through friction; I don't think it's quite right here but is worth noting from a vocabulary perspective.
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I would probably use 'crease', 'ruck up' or, less accurately and more informally, 'mess up'.
There is an unusual word - to pill - that means to create a lot of little bobbles on material through friction; I don't think it's quite right here but is worth noting from a vocabulary perspective.
0"Tuck in" is not the right word. This is the back seat of a car - not a bed - with no provision for tucking anything into it. You'd typically hear something like the following (in the US):
"I cover the back of the car with a blanket, because our dog sheds year round, and I don't want dog hair everywhere. I'll have to find a way of anchoring the blanket, though, because the dog wi
0Ann225because otherwise my dog will...... the blanket.
You may be looking for the word 'rumple'.
CJ
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