crumple
1Crumple — Crum ple (kr[u^]m p l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumpled} ( p ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumpling} ( pl[i^]ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. [1913 Webster] They… …
2Crumple — Crum ple, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple. [1913 Webster] …
3crumple — c.1300, crumplen, frequentative of crumpen to curl up (from O.E. crump bent, crooked ). Related: Crumpled; crumpling …
4crumple — [v] make or become wrinkled break down, buckle, cave in, collapse, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, give way, go to pieces, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle; concepts 184,208,252 Ant.… …
5crumple — ► VERB 1) crush so as to become creased and wrinkled. 2) suddenly lose force, effectiveness, or composure. ► NOUN ▪ a crushed fold, crease, or wrinkle. ORIGIN from obsolete crump «make or become curved» …
6crumple — [krum′pəl] vt. crumpled, crumpling [ME crumplen, var. of crimplen, to wrinkle, freq. of crimpen, CRIMP1] 1. to crush together into creases or wrinkles 2. to cause to collapse vi. 1. to become crumpled 2 …
7crumple — UK [ˈkrʌmp(ə)l] / US verb Word forms crumple : present tense I/you/we/they crumple he/she/it crumples present participle crumpling past tense crumpled past participle crumpled 1) crumple or crumple up [intransitive/transitive] to crush something… …
8crumple — [[t]krʌ̱mp(ə)l[/t]] crumples, crumpling, crumpled 1) V ERG If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds. [V n] She crumpled the paper in her hand... The front and… …
9crumple — verb Crumple is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑face Crumple is used with these nouns as the object: ↑paper …
10crumple — crum|ple [ˈkrʌmpəl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: crump to curl up (14 19 centuries), from crump, crumb bent (11 18 centuries), from Old English] 1.) [I and T] also crumple up to crush something so that it becomes smaller and bent, or to be crushed …
