Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crumpled"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[u^]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumpled}
(-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumpling} (-pl?ng).] [Dim. fr.
crump, a.]
To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together;
to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently
scanned every wrinkle that could be made. --Addison.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

crumpled
adj 1: having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become
creased"; "a rumpled gray suit" [syn: {creased}, {rumpled}]
2: of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front
end"; "dented fenders" [syn: {bent}, {dented}]


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