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cock·le 1
(kŏk′əl)n.
1. Any of various chiefly marine bivalve mollusks of the family Cardiidae, having rounded or heart-shaped shells with radiating ribs.
2. The shell of a cockle.
3. A wrinkle; a pucker.
4. Nautical A cockleshell.
intr. & tr.v. cock·led, cock·ling, cock·les
Idiom: To become or cause to become wrinkled or puckered.
cockles of (one's) heart
One's innermost feelings: The valentine warmed the cockles of my heart.
[Middle English cokel, from Old French coquille, shell, from Vulgar Latin *cochillia, from Latin conchyllium, from Greek konkhulion, diminutive of konkhē, mussel.]
cock·le 2
(kŏk′əl)n.
Any of several weedy plants, especially the corn cockle.
[Middle English cokkel, from Old English coccel, from Medieval Latin *cocculus, diminutive of Latin coccus, kermes berry, from Greek kokkos.]
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cockle
(ˈkɒkəl)n
1. (Animals) any sand-burrowing bivalve mollusc of the family Cardiidae, esp Cardium edule (edible cockle) of Europe, typically having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
2. (Animals) any of certain similar or related molluscs
3. (Zoology) short for cockleshell1
4. a wrinkle or puckering, as in cloth or paper
5. (Mechanical Engineering) a small furnace or stove
6. cockles of one's heart one's deepest feelings (esp in the phrase warm the cockles of one's heart)
vb
to contract or cause to contract into wrinkles
[C14: from Old French coquille shell, from Latin conchӯlium shellfish, from Greek konkhulion, diminutive of konkhule mussel; see conch]
cockle
(ˈkɒkəl)n
(Plants) any of several plants, esp the corn cockle, that grow as weeds in cornfields
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cock•le1
(ˈkɒk əl)n., v. -led, -ling. n.
1. any bivalve mollusk of the family Cardiidae having heart-shaped, usu. radially ribbed valves.
3. a wrinkle or pucker, esp. in fabric.
v.t., v.i. 4. to wrinkle or pucker.
Idioms: cockles of one's heart, the place of one's deepest feelings.
[1350–1400; Middle English cokille < Middle French coqille < Latin conchȳlium < Greek konchylion <konchyl(ē) mussel]
cock•le2
(ˈkɒk əl)n.
any of various weeds of grain fields, as the darnel.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English coccel]
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cock·le
(kŏk′əl) Any of various bivalve mollusks having rounded or heart-shaped shells with radiating ridges.
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cockle
Past participle: cockled
Gerund: cockling
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| Noun | 1. |  cockle - common edible European bivalve Cardium edule, edible cockle - common edible European cockle shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) |
| 2. | cockle - common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together Cardium, genus Cardium - type genus of the family Cardiidae: cockles Cardium edule, edible cockle - common edible European cockle | |
| Verb | 1. |  cockle - stir up (water) so as to form ripples |
| 2. | cockle - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" draw - contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water" |
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cockle
n
(= shellfish: also cockleshell) → Herzmuschel f
(= boat) → kleines Boot, Nussschale f
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cockle
[ˈkɒkl] n (shellfish) → cardioit warmed the cockles of my heart → mi riempì il cuore di gioia
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