crumpled

crumpled
Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.

The crumpled pieces of paper were used as packing because they took up much more space that way than when they were flat.


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  • crumpled — crum|pled [ˈkrʌmpəld] adj 1.) also crumpled up crushed into a smaller bent shape ▪ Tom flattened the crumpled paper against his knee. 2.) cloth or clothing that is crumpled has a lot of lines or folds in it ▪ an old man with untidy hair and a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • crumpled — adjective 1 also crumpled up crushed into a smaller bent shape: a crumpled banknote 2 cloth or clothes that are crumpled have a lot of lines or folds in them: Don t sit around in your suit. It ll get crumpled. 3 someone who is crumpled somewhere …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Crumpled — Crumple Crum ple (kr[u^]m p l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumpled} ( p ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumpling} ( pl[i^]ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crumpled — /krum peuhld/, adj. 1. rumpled; wrinkled; crushed. 2. bent in a spiral curve: a crumpled ram s horn. [1275 1325; ME; var. of crimpled, ptp. of CRIMPLE] * * * …   Universalium

  • crumpled — adj. Crumpled is used with these nouns: ↑clothes, ↑handkerchief, ↑heap, ↑hood, ↑note, ↑paper, ↑sheet, ↑wreck …   Collocations dictionary

  • crumpled — adjective of metal e.g. (Freq. 1) bent nails a car with a crumpled front end dented fenders • Syn: ↑bent, ↑dented • Similar to: ↑damaged …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crumpled cube — In geometric topology, a branch of mathematics, a crumpled cube is a 2 sphere in R3 together with its interior. Lininger (1965) showed that the union of a crumpled cube and a 3 ball glued along their boundaries is a 3 sphere. References Lininger …   Wikipedia

  • crumpled — Synonyms and related words: anamorphous, askew, asymmetric, bent, bowed, cockeyed, cockled, cockly, contorted, corrugate, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crazy, creased, crimped, crimpy, crinkled, crinkly, crooked, crunched, deviative, distorted,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • crumpled — adj. wrinkled; collapsed crum·ple || krÊŒmpl v. crush out of shape, wrinkle; become wrinkled, be crushed; collapse, cave in …   English contemporary dictionary

  • crumpled up — collapsed from within …   English contemporary dictionary

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