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Meaning of 'buckle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Buckle [ n.]
- A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.
- A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
- A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
- A contorted expression, as of the face.
- To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.
- To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
- To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
- To join in marriage.
2 . Buckle [ v. i.]
- To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
- To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.
- To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
- To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

Meaning of 'buckle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . buckle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- fold or collapse
Example in sentence:
  • His knees buckled
Meaning (2):
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
Example in sentence:
  • The highway buckled during the heat wave

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