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Webster 1913 Edition

(krŭm′p’l)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Crumpled

(-p’ld)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Crumpling

(-plĭng)

[Dim. fr.

crump

]

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.

Verb.

To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together;

as, leaves

crumple

Verb.

[from crump. See Rumple, the same word without a prefix.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to rumple.

Verb.

To contract; to shrink.