crumpled
Variant of crumple
crumple
Definition
crum·ple (krum′pəl)
transitive verb crumpled -·pled, crumpling -·pling
- to crush together into creases or wrinkles
- to cause to collapse
Etymology: ME crumplen, var. of crimplen, to wrinkle, freq. of crimpen, crimp
intransitive verb
- to become crumpled
- to fall or break down; collapse
noun
a crease or wrinkle
crumpled
Usage Examples
Object
- face: I noticed also from the composed but slightly crumpled faces in the group, that something very special was happening.
- letter: The letter crumpled in her hands, her vision blurred then tunneled to a narrow point of white light.
- body: Blood poured out on the floor and his body crumpled into a pile.
Preposition: on
- floor: How does it feel to be crumpled on the floor?
Preposition: into
- ball: The paper is crumpled into a small ball and placed in their pocket.
- heap: Melvin vomited, and crumpled into a heap on the floor, bleeding from the nose.
Modifying Another Word
- all: Them folks who had given the matter a little thought handed the ballots back all crumpled up.
- then: But the Swans then crumpled twice inside a minute around the hour mark to gift Oxford the three points.
- slightly: This slightly crumpled old picture was probably taken around 1893.
- just: It accounts for why so many houses just crumpled like packs of cards and why older or more solid buildings remained intact.
- completely: With a little luck they wouldn't rupture and would be completely crumpled up.
Preposition: in
- heap: I then backed through the door and crumpled in a heap.
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