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Definition of Crumple

1. Verb. Fall apart. "The business is going to crumple "; "Negotiations broke down"

2. Verb. Fold or collapse. "His knees buckled"

3. Verb. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. "They crumple the sheets"; "She puckered her lips"

4. Verb. Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. "These fabrics crumple easily"; "This fabric won't wrinkle"

Definition of Crumple

1. v. t. To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

2. v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.

Definition of Crumple

1. Noun. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To cause to collapse. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To become wrinkled. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To collapse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crumple

1. to wrinkle [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES] - See also: wrinkle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crumple

crumminess crumminesses crummock crummocks crummy crump crumped crumper crumpest crumpets

crumpier crumpiest crumpiness crumping crumple (current term) crumple zone crumpled crumpledness crumpler crumples

crumplier crumpliest crumpling crumply crumps crumpy crunch crunch-time crunch numbers

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