'Crumple' definitions:
Definition of 'crumple'
From: WordNet
verb
Fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse]
verb
Fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" [syn: buckle, crumple]
verb
To gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit]
verb
Definition of 'Crumple'
From: GCIDE
- Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[u^]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumpling (-pl[i^]ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. [1913 Webster]
- They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crumple'
From: GCIDE
- Crumple \Crum"ple\, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crumple'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bend,
- break,
- bristle,
- buckle,
- cave,
- cocker,
- cockle,
- collapse,
- contort,
- corrugate,
- corrugation,
- crankle,
- crease,
- crimp,
- crimple,
- crinkle,
- crook,
- crush,
- distort,
- fold,
- fold up,
- furrow,
- gnarl,
- go,
- knit,
- knot,
- mangle,
- pucker,
- purse,
- ridge,
- rimple,
- ripple,
- rivel,
- ruck,
- ruckle,
- ruffle,
- rumple,
- screw,
- scrunch,
- set on edge,
- shirr,
- spring,
- turn,
- turn awry,
- twist,
- wad,
- warp,
- wimple,
- wrench,
- wrest,
- wring,
- wrinkle,
- writhe,
- yield