purse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɜːs/

Verb

transitive intransitive obsolete rare

(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude. / To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit. / To put into a purse.

Japanese Meaning

唇を内側に引き締め、突出させる。 / しわやひだが寄るように縮む、または寄せる。 / 財布に入れる。

What is this buttons?

She watched him purse his lips as the news sank in.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女はその知らせを聞いて、彼が唇をすぼめるのを見た。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

The serving Sister pursed up her lips to remind him of the cloistral rule, almost as if she wanted to prevent any conversation between him and the nun.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation