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crumpled
Word definitions for crumpled in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds. v (en-past of: crumple )
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ crumpled soda cans ▪ Don't sit around in your suit. It'll get crumpled . ▪ I spent the night under a bridge, using a crumpled blanket as a bed. ▪ Jo pulled a crumpled piece of paper out of her pocket. ▪ She reached ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become creased"; "a rumpled gray suit" [syn: creased , rumpled ] of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" [syn: bent , dented ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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, ] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. They crumpled it into ...
Usage examples of crumpled.
She was wearing a crumpled Oxford-blue shirt tucked into black rugby shorts, white pumps on her feet, no socks.
He was lying on the cot where he’d been dumped the night before, crumpled olive-green blankets wound tightly round his legs.
The first burning cabin suddenly crumpled up, blowing out ephemeral spires of brilliant sparks.
The superstructure crumpled up, large chunks being flung aside by the tremendous jet of water.
Craters overlapped, producing a crumpled landscape of unstable cones and holes.
Erick’s mind automatically directed the X-ray lasers towards the hole revealed by the crumpled sheet of metal as it twirled off towards the stars.
His grey suit jacket was hanging off the back of one of the chairs, revealing a crumpled blue shirt.
The fallen knight was rising to his feet, crumpled armour straightening out.
Nose, wings, and tailplane crumpled and tore, barbed fragments spinning off into the night.
The man flew backwards five yards through the air, hitting the sidewalk in a crumpled sprawl.
A long wretched wail fluted out of his lips as he crumpled onto the floor.
The individual wedges collapsed and crumpled against each other, softened and sagging from the immense thermal input to descend in slippery serpentine riots.
He crashed into one of the flimsy stalls which crumpled, folding about him.
Two hundred kilometres ahead, the asteroid’s features were resolving, crumpled dust-grey rock speared by metallic spires and panels.
They were both captains, he in crumpled overalls but still with the silver star on his shoulder, she in an immaculate Edenist blue satin ship-tunic.