crumple

crum·ple  (krmpl)

v. crum·pled, crum·pling, crum·ples

v.tr.

1. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple.

2. To cause to collapse.

v.intr.

1. To become wrinkled.

2. To collapse: a regime that finally crumpled.

n.

An irregular fold, crease, or wrinkle.

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[Middle English crumplen, probably frequentative of crumpen, to curl up; see crumpet.]

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crumply adj.

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crumple [ˈkrʌmp^əl]

vb

1. (when intr, often foll by up) to collapse or cause to collapse his courage crumpled

2. (when tr, often foll by up) to crush or cause to be crushed so as to form wrinkles or creases

3. (intr) to shrink; shrivel

n

a loose crease or wrinkle

[from obsolete crump to bend; related to Old High German krimpfan to wrinkle, Old Norse kreppa to contract]

crumply  adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	crumple - fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" crumble, collapse, break down, tumble change integrity - change in physical make-up
	2.	crumple - fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" buckle cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
	3.	crumple - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" pucker, rumple, cockle, knit draw - contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water" crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle, scrunch - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
	4.	crumple - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" crinkle, rumple, wrinkle, crease fold up, fold - become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

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crumple

verb

1. crush, squash, screw up, scrumple She crumpled the paper in her hand.

2. crease, wrinkle, rumple, ruffle, pucker She sat down carefully, so as not to crumple her skirt.

3. collapse, sink, go down, fall He crumpled to the floor in agony.

4. break down, fall, collapse, give way, cave in, go to pieces Sometimes we just crumpled under our grief.

5. screw up, pucker She faltered, and then her face crumpled once more.

Translations

crumple [ˈkrʌmpl]

A. VT (also crumple up) [+ paper] → estrujar; [+ clothes] → arrugar

B. VI [material] → arrugarse; [person] (= fall) → desplomarse; (= lose one's nerve) → desmoronarse, venirse abajo
she crumpled to the floor → se desplomó
he just crumpled and lost all his confidence → se desmoronó or se vino abajo y perdió toda la confianza
his face crumpled and he started to cry → se le descompuso el rostro y se echó a llorar

C. CPD crumple zone N (Aut) → zona f de deformación absorbente

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crumple [ˈkrʌmp^əl] vt [+ paper, fabric] → froisser, chiffonner crumple zone

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crumple

vt (also crumple up) paper, dress, fabric (= crease) → zer- or verknittern, zerknautschen; (= screw up) → zusammenknüllen; metal → eindrücken; the force of the impact crumpled the bonnet/car → die Wucht des Aufpralls drückte die Kühlerhaube ein/quetschte das Auto zusammen

vi (lit, fig: = collapse) → zusammenbrechen; (= get creased: paper) → krumpeln, knittern; (car, metal) → zusammengedrückt werden; her face crumpled → ihr Gesicht verzog sich (zum Weinen)

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crumple [ˈkrʌmpl]

1. vt (also crumple up) (paper) → accartocciare; (clothes) → stropicciare, sgualcire, spiegazzare

2. vi (see vt) → accartocciarsi, stropicciarsi, sgualcirsi, spiegazzarsi

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crumple [ˈkrʌmpl]

1. vt (also crumple up) (paper) → accartocciare; (clothes) → stropicciare, sgualcire, spiegazzare

2. vi (see vt) → accartocciarsi, stropicciarsi, sgualcirsi, spiegazzarsi

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crumple

v crumple [ˈkrampl]

to make or become wrinkled or creased This material crumples easily; She crumpled up the piece of paper. kreukel, opfrommel يُجَعِّد، يتَجَعَّـد мачкам (се) (z)mačkat (se) krølle sammen zerknittern τσαλακώνω arrugar, estrujar kortsuma, kortsutama تکه تکه کردن؛ ریز ریز کردن rypistää, rypistyä (se) froisser לְקָמֵט सिलवटें डालना izgužvati összegyűr(ődik) kusut böggla spiegazzarsi しわにする 구기다 glamžyti(s), suglamžyti, su(si)raukti burzīt; burzīties renyuk (ver)kreukelen krølle(s) sammen gnieść (się) enrugar a (se) mototoli; a (se) şifona мять(ся) (s)krčiť sa mečkati (se) zgužvati knöla[] ihop, skrynkla[], knyckla[] till ทำให้เป็นรอยยับย่น buruş(tur)mak 弄皺，變皺 м'яти(ся); зморщувати(ся) مروڑنا bị ép thành nhiều nếp, bị vò nhàu 把...弄皱