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1. (v.t.) crumple
to mash or crush into irregular folds or a compact mass.
2. crumple
to cause to collapse.
3. (v.i.) crumple
to contract into wrinkles; shrink or shrivel.
4. crumple
to give way suddenly; collapse.
5. (n.) crumple
an irregular fold or wrinkle.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME, var. of crymplen. See crimp1, -le)
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| Definition of 'crumple' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
fall apart
"the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
2. (verb) buckle, crumple
fold or collapse
"His knees buckled"
3. (verb) pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
"She puckered her lips"
4. (verb) rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
"This fabric won't wrinkle"
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1. (verb) crumple
to crush or become crushed into folds
She crumpled up the page and threw it away.; The front end of the car had crumpled completely.
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| Definition of 'crumple' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) crumple
to draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper
2. (verb) crumple
to contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple
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Sense: to make or become wrinkled or creased
This material crumples easily; She crumpled up the piece of paper.
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 Afrikaans: kreukel, opfrommel |
 Arabic: يُجَعِّد، يتَجَعَّـد |
 Bulgarian: мачкам (се) |
 Brazilian: enrugar |
 Czech: (z)mačkat (se) |
 German: zerknittern |
 Danish: krølle sammen |
 Greek: τσαλακώνω |
 Spanish: arrugar, estrujar |
 Estonian: kortsuma, kortsutama |
 Farsi: تکه تکه کردن؛ ریز ریز کرد |
 Finnish: rypistää |
 French: (se) froisser |
 Hebrew: לְקָמֵט |
 Hindi: सिलवटें डालना |
 Croatian: izgužvati |
 Hungarian: összegyűr(ődik) |
 Indonesian: kusut |
 Icelandic: böggla |
 Italian: spiegazzarsi |
 Japanese: しわにする |
 Korean: 구기다 |
 Lithuanian: glamžyti(s), suglamžyti, |
 Latvian: burzīt; burzīties |
 Malay: renyuk |
 Dutch: (ver)kreukelen |
 Norwegian: krølle(s) sammen |
 Polish: gnieść (się) |
 Persian: تکه تکه کردن؛ ریز ریز کرد |
 Pashto: میده میده کول |
 Portuguese: enrugar |
 Romanian: a (se) mototoli; a (se)şi |
 Russian: мять(ся) |
 Slovak: (s)krčiť sa |
 Slovenian: mečkati (se) |
 Serbian: zgužvati |
 Swedish: knöla[s] ihop, skrynkla[s |
 Thai: ทำให้เป็นรอยยับย่น |
 Turkish: buruş(tur)mak |
 Taiwanese: 弄皺，變皺 |
 Ukrainian: м'яти(ся); зморщувати(ся) |
 Urdu: مروڑنا |
 Vietnamese: bị ép thành nhiều nếp, bị |
 Chinese: 把...弄皱 |
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