crumple

Speech parts

1. crumple - Noun

2. crumple - Verb

Meaning

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cockle rumple collapse break down knit crumble crease tumble buckle pucker wrinkle crinkle cocker bend give

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Antonyms

bud attack achieve combat iron flat

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Hypernyms

give break collapse founder fold crisp

Phrases with the word

crumple-horned snorkack

Derivatives

crumpled crumpling

Anagrams

clumper

Examples

the building crumbled after the explosion Source: Internet

Negotiations broke down Source: Internet

His knees buckled Source: Internet

She puckered her lips Source: Internet

This fabric won't wrinkle Source: Internet

Brouwer is said to have added: "I can formulate this splendid result different, I take a horizontal sheet, and another identical one which I crumple, flatten and place on the other. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

crumpet crumpet-faced crumpiness crumple up crumple zone crumple-horned snorkack