crumpling
present participle ofcrumple
crumple
verb
uk/ˈkrʌm.pəl/us/ˈkrʌm.pəl/[IorT]
tobecome, orcausesomething tobecome,fulloffoldsthat are notequalinsize:
Thisshirtcrumpleseasily
[I]
If someone'sfacecrumples, itbecomesfulloflinesbecause of astrongemotion:
Herfacecrumpledwithlaughter.
[I]
If someone crumples, theyfallto thegroundsuddenly:
Thebullethithim and he crumpledinto aheapon thefloor.
to go down onto the ground suddenly
- fallShe slipped and fell.
- dropSeveral apples dropped from the tree.
- collapseSeveral buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
- crumpleHe fainted and crumpled into a heap on the floor.
- tumbleA huge rock tumbled down the mountain.
- plungeFour of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke.
Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch(something)up
- coarsen
- coarsening
- creased
- crinkle
- fold
- foldaway
- folding
- furl
- grooming
- interfold
- pucker
- rumple
- sandpaper
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- stabilizer
- wrinkle
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Laughing and smiling
Weeping and crying
Falling and dropping
Phrasal verb
crumplesomethingup
Examplesofcrumpling
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The scene ends with a close-up of his face,crumplingslowly with fatigue and sadness.
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Another noteworthy feature, this time of a mechanical nature, of such shells is that they offer no resistance tocrumplingwhen they are deflated.
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The anger and frustration strategy references expressing frustration by swearing, slamming things down,crumplingup paper, and losing temper for a moment.
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In a collision thecrumplingof a vehicle's bodywork absorbs some of the force of the impact.
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Activated bycrumplingthe crystals together, it is applied to the wounded area.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tons of machinery crashed down throughcrumplingfloors, dragging trapped, screaming victims along in their downward path.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.People may imagine their own name called,crumplingbags, white noise, or a doorbell ringing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Longer gloves were worn rather loosely during this period,crumplingbelow the elbow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A crumpled globule forms through local regionscrumpling, i.e. collapsing in on themselves and this iteratively occurring over the whole polymer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Young chicks, when threatened, disgorge food and feign death bycrumplingto the nest floor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ones he doesn't like are followed by a loudcrumplingnoise, as if the message is being crumpled and thrown in the garbage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the way she trips and falls over,crumplingthe piece of paper.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The realistic sound of bacon frying is thecrumplingof cellophane.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The filling of a geosyncline with tons of sediment is accompanied in the late stages of deposition by folding,crumpling, and faulting of the deposits.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The more gores there are, the less stretching andcrumplingis required to make the paper map fit the sphere.
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- champagne
- champagne flute
- champagne-flute
- champagne socialist
- champagne-socialist
- champ at the bit
- champ-at-the-bit
- champed
- champing
- champion
- champion boxer
- championed
- championing
- champion of change
- champion-of-change
- champion of freedom
- championship
- championship belt
- championship contender
- championship game
- championship trophy
- champions-league
- chance
- chance-arm