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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. fall apart;
- Example: "the building crumbled after the explosion"
- Example: "Negotiations broke down"
[syn: crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse]

2. fold or collapse;
- Example: "His knees buckled"
[syn: buckle, crumple]

3. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds;
- Example: "She puckered her lips"
[syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit]

4. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;
- Example: "This fabric won't wrinkle"
[syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crumple \Crum"ple\, v. i.
   To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed
   together; as, leaves crumple.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crumple
    v 1: fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion";
         "Negotiations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple,
         tumble, break down, collapse]
    2: fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" [syn: buckle,
       crumple]
    3: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
       puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle,
       crumple, knit]
    4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
       wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease,
       crinkle]