crumple : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crumple	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for crumple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crumple v fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" Synonym(s): crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" Synonym(s): buckle, crumple to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" Synonym(s): pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" Synonym(s): rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[ucr]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crumple \Crum"ple\, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.