CRUMPLED

bent, crumpled, dented

(adjective) of metal e.g.; “bent nails”; “a car with a crumpled front end”; “dented fenders”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

crumpled

simple past tense and past participle of crumple

Adjective

crumpled (comparative more crumpled, superlative most crumpled)

Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.

Anagrams

• red clump

Source: Wiktionary


CRUMPLE

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



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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