Definition of mangles:
(v) :
(transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
(n) :
A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
(n) :
The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
(v) :
(transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
(n) :
Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
(n) :
(chiefly Caribbean, US) Synonym of mangrove.