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Definition of Rumple
1. Verb. Disturb the smoothness of. "Ruffle the surface of the water"
2. Verb. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. "They rumple the sheets"; "She puckered her lips"
Exact synonyms: Cockle, Crumple, Knit, Pucker
Related verbs: Draw
Generic synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crisp, Ruckle, Scrunch, Scrunch Up, Wrinkle
Related verbs: Draw
Generic synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crisp, Ruckle, Scrunch, Scrunch Up, Wrinkle
3. Verb. Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. "These fabrics rumple easily"; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
Exact synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crumple, Wrinkle
Generic synonyms: Fold, Fold Up
Derivative terms: Crease, Crinkle, Wrinkle
Generic synonyms: Fold, Fold Up
Derivative terms: Crease, Crinkle, Wrinkle
Definition of Rumple
1. v. t. & i. To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
2. n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle.
Definition of Rumple
1. to wrinkle [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES] - See also: wrinkle