crumple

Definition von crumple im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To become wrinkled; A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold; To cause to collapse; To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together; To collapse; {v} to make wrinkly, ruffle, disorder; become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"; {f} crush out of shape, wrinkle; become wrinkled, be crushed; collapse, cave in; to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"; If someone crumples, they collapse, for example when they have received a shock. His body crumpled He immediately crumpled to the floor Chance McAllister lay crumpled on the floor; To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper; fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"; fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"; To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple; If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds. She crumpled the paper in her hand The front and rear of the car will crumple during a collision. Crumple up means the same as crumple. She crumpled up her coffee cup Nancy looked at the note angrily, then crumpled it up and threw it in a nearby wastepaper basket. + crumpled crum·pled His uniform was crumpled, untidy, splashed with mud; {f} crubine
crumple zone: A structural feature of an automobile / motor car designed to compress during an accident and absorb impact energy
crumple up: see crumple 1
crumpled: Simple past tense and past participle of crumple
crumpling: {n} a very rough apple, a green codlin
crumpled: of metal e g ; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"
crumpled: having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become creased"; "a rumpled gray suit
crumpled: past of crumple
crumpled: Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds
crumpled: {s} wrinkled; collapsed
crumpled: having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become creased"; "a rumpled gray suit"