Definition of crumple Crumple
/kɹʌˈmpʌl/ - [krumpul] - crum•ple
We found 13 definitions of crumple from 5 different sources.
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| crumple - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" | ||
| rumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle | ||
| fold up, fold incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter" | ||
| crumple - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" | ||
| pucker, rumple, cockle, knit | ||
| crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, scrunch, crease, wrinkle make a hoarse, rattling sound | ||
| crumple - fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" | ||
| buckle | ||
| cave in, fall in, founder, give way, collapse, give, break to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!" | ||
| crumple - fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" | ||
| crumble, tumble, break down, collapse | ||
| change integrity change in physical make-up | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crumple (v. t.)
To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. - crumple (v. i.)
To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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crumple
krump′l, v.t. to contort: to mark with or draw into folds or wrinkles: to crease.—v.i. to become wrinkled: to contract or shrink.—adj. Crump′led.—n. Crump′ling. [Formed from Crump.]
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