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crumple
Overview of verb crumple
The verb crumple has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse -- (fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down")
2. buckle, crumple -- (fold or collapse; "His knees buckled")
3. pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit -- (to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips")
4. rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle -- (become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle")
Antonyms of verb crumple
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crumple
4 senses of crumple
Sense 1
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 2
buckle, crumple
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> change
Sense 3
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
=> fold, fold up, turn up
=> change surface
=> change
Sense 4
rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
=> fold, fold up
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb crumple
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crumple
4 senses of crumple
Sense 1
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> change integrity
Sense 2
buckle, crumple
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
Sense 3
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
Sense 4
rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
=> fold, fold up
'Cause To' of verb crumple
Derived Forms of verb crumple
Domain of verb crumple
Domain Terms of verb crumple
Familiarity of verb crumple
crumple used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb crumple
4 senses of crumple
Sense 1
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
buckle, crumple
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
EX: They crumple the sheets
Sense 4
rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
EX: The sheets didn't crumple
EX: These fabrics crumple easily
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb crumple
4 senses of crumple
Sense 1
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 2
buckle, crumple
> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> implode, go off
=> buckle, crumple
=> flop
=> break
=> slump, slide down, sink
Sense 3
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
=> pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> pucker, ruck, ruck up
Sense 4
rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
> fold, fold up
=> rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb crumple
Sense 1
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> change integrity
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Sense 2
buckle, crumple
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
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Sense 3
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
=> wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
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Sense 4
rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
=> fold, fold up
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Grep of verb crumple
crumple
Grep of adj crumple
crumpled
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