0 past simple and past participle of purse
1 to bring your lips tightly together so that they form a rounded shape, usually as an expression of disapproval:
This winnowing does not imply, however, protracted transport, because the flattened casts are never crumpled, folded over, pursed or stacked.
As with other brass instruments, sound is produced by blowing air through pursed lips producing a vibration that creates a standing wave in the instrument.
There's a lot of pursed lips and steely looks.
Phoebidas, hoping for a rout, rashly pursed them closely.
As a young girl she continued working for charities and pursed her passion along with it.
He shut his eyes and pursed his lips.
The release (exhalation) of highly compressed air through a valve (such as pursed lips) causes it to drop radically in temperature.
The net is then pursed, closing the bottom of the net, then pulling up the net until the fish are caught alongside the vessel.
