pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; “She puckered her lips”
buckle, crumple
(verb) fold or collapse; “His knees buckled”
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
(verb) fall apart; “the building crumbled after the explosion”; “Negotiations broke down”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crumple (plural crumples)
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
crumple (third-person singular simple present crumples, present participle crumpling, simple past and past participle crumpled)
(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
(transitive) To cause to collapse.
(intransitive) To become wrinkled.
(intransitive, figurative) To collapse.
• clumper
Source: Wiktionary
Crum"ple (krm"p'l), v. t. [imp & p. p. Crumpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumpling (-plng).] Etym: [Dim. fr. crump, a.]
Definition: To draw or press into wrinkles or folds to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. Addison.
Crum"ple, v. i.
Definition: To contract irregularly; to show wrinkless after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
