crimped
past simple and past participle ofcrimp
crimp
verb[T]
uk/krɪmp/us/krɪmp/topresscloth,paper, etc. intosmallfoldsalongitsedges, or topresshairinto aseriesoffoldsusing aheateddevice
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Making things more or less smooth or straight
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crimped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They are ' gravely deprived,crimpedand mean ' (436).
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They appearcrimpedand are studded with short, spine-like projections along their entire length.
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Single stems were removed from the tank daily after 5 days, dried andcrimpedto assess the ease of fibre extraction, and therefore the retting progress.
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I am aware that a small quantity ofcrimpednylon yarn is being produced in this country.
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Moulded on plugs are undoubtedly safer because all the internal wire connections arecrimped.
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Governments of all democratic countries—we have to appreciate—are under pressure to retrench financially,crimpedall too often by considerations of foreign exchange.
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Flowers are white, pink, mauve, purple or carmine withcrimpedpetals, in panicles up to 9cm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It consisted of a pint-sized clear glass bottle with acrimpedmetal cap.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Peak increases for public colleges were in 2003, after state budgets supporting most of them werecrimpedby a sharp economic recession.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Synthetic textile fibers are oftencrimpedto provide bulk in a woven, non woven or knitted structure.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Initially,crimpedlongitudinal wires on self-cleaning cloth were held together over support bars with woven wire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The oat hull may be crushed (rolled orcrimped) for the horse to more easily digest the grain, or may be fed whole.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A larger tube was slid over that and the beadscrimpedoff.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Edges arecrimpedin silver, gold and pink.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two halves may also becrimpedtogether, resulting in a ridge around the middle.
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