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crumpled — crum|pled [ˈkrʌmpəld] adj 1.) also crumpled up crushed into a smaller bent shape ▪ Tom flattened the crumpled paper against his knee. 2.) cloth or clothing that is crumpled has a lot of lines or folds in it ▪ an old man with untidy hair and a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
crumpled — adjective 1 also crumpled up crushed into a smaller bent shape: a crumpled banknote 2 cloth or clothes that are crumpled have a lot of lines or folds in them: Don t sit around in your suit. It ll get crumpled. 3 someone who is crumpled somewhere … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Crumpled — 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]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crumpled — /krum peuhld/, adj. 1. rumpled; wrinkled; crushed. 2. bent in a spiral curve: a crumpled ram s horn. [1275 1325; ME; var. of crimpled, ptp. of CRIMPLE] * * * … Universalium
crumpled — adjective Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds. The crumpled pieces of paper were used as packing because they took up much more space that way than when they were flat … Wiktionary
crumpled — adjective of metal e.g. (Freq. 1) bent nails a car with a crumpled front end dented fenders • Syn: ↑bent, ↑dented • Similar to: ↑damaged … Useful english dictionary
Crumpled cube — In geometric topology, a branch of mathematics, a crumpled cube is a 2 sphere in R3 together with its interior. Lininger (1965) showed that the union of a crumpled cube and a 3 ball glued along their boundaries is a 3 sphere. References Lininger … Wikipedia
crumpled — Synonyms and related words: anamorphous, askew, asymmetric, bent, bowed, cockeyed, cockled, cockly, contorted, corrugate, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crazy, creased, crimped, crimpy, crinkled, crinkly, crooked, crunched, deviative, distorted,… … Moby Thesaurus
crumpled — adj. wrinkled; collapsed crum·ple || krÊŒmpl v. crush out of shape, wrinkle; become wrinkled, be crushed; collapse, cave in … English contemporary dictionary
crumpled up — collapsed from within … English contemporary dictionary
