purse

Speech parts

1. purse - Noun

2. purse - Verb

3. Purse - Proper noun

Meaning

A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.

Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.

A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.

A specific sum of money

In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.

In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.

To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.

To steal purses; to rob.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pocketbook handbag grant bag pucker wrinkle change purse treasury kitty bursa bank award sac lizard cockle
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Antonyms

open loss release spread expand extend
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Hypernyms

amount round contract sum container bag

Hyponyms

clutch pooch reticule shoulder bag etui clutch bag

Phrases with the word

purse snatcher cut one's cloth to suit one's purse empty as a pauper's purse Sutton Hoo purse-lid clutch purse purse-picker

Derivatives

pursed pursing

Anagrams

sprue super rupes

Examples

Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse. Benjamin Franklin

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse. Adlai Stevenson II

I ran three miles today. Finally I said, Lady take your purse. Emo Philips

Give me money to buy myself a purse to put my money in. Bulgarian Proverb

You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Irish Proverb

Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

purrulence purry purry forn purse atomizer purse matter purse net