Meaning

1 senses
  1. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Tom crumpled up the paper and threw it in the trashcan.

    Том зім'яв папір і кинув його у смітник. — deniko

    ruТом скомкал бумагу и кинул её в мусорную корзину. — odexed

    deTom knüllte die Zeitung zusammen und warf sie in den Papierkorb. — Manfredo

  2. Tom crumpled the paper.

    Том зім'яв папір. — deniko

  3. Tom crumpled the bag.

    Том зім'яв пакет. — deniko

  4. Tom crumpled Mary's note in his hand.

    Том зім'яв у руці записку від Мері. — deniko

    ruТом скомкал в руке записку Мэри. — Wezel

  5. Tom crumpled the bag and threw it away.

Origin

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.

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Forms

plural: crumples
Singularcrumple
Pluralcrumples

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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