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crum⋅ple
[kruhm-puh
l] 
verb, -pled, -pling, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle. |
| 2. | to cause to collapse or give way suddenly: That right hook to the midsection crumpled him. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to contract into wrinkles; shrink; shrivel. |
| 4. | to give way suddenly; collapse: The bridge crumpled under the weight of the heavy trucks. |
–noun
| 5. | an irregular fold or wrinkle produced by crumpling. |
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| crum·ple (krŭm'pəl) v. crum·pled, crum·pling, crum·ples v. tr.
[Middle English crumplen, probably frequentative of crumpen, to curl up; see crumpet.] crum'ply adj. |
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Crumple
Crum"ple\ (kr[u^]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumpling (-pl?ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. --Addison.Crumple
Crum"ple\, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.
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Language Translation for : crumple
Spanish:
arrugar, estrujar,
German:
zerknittern,
Japanese:
しわにする
crumple
c.1300, crumplen, freq. of crumpen "to curl up," from O.E. crump "bent, crooked."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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