Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple.
- intransitive verb To cause to collapse.
- intransitive verb To become wrinkled.
- intransitive verb To collapse.
- noun An irregular fold, crease, or wrinkle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is crumpled, shriveled, or pressed into wrinkles; an irregular fold or wrinkle.
- To make crooked; deform; distort into curves.
- To draw or press into irregular folds; rumple; wrinkle.
- To contract into wrinkles; shrink; shrivel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together.
- transitive verb To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
crease , wrinkle, orirregular fold . - verb transitive To
rumple ; to press intowrinkles bycrushing together. - verb transitive To cause to
collapse . - verb intransitive To become wrinkled.
- verb intransitive To
collapse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
- verb fall apart
- verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- verb fold or collapse
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English crumplen, probably frequentative of crumpen, to curl up; see crumpet.]
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