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English verb: crumple | |||
| 1. | crumple (motion) fall apart | ||
| Samples | The building crumbled after the explosion. Negotiations broke down. | ||
| Synonyms | break down, collapse, crumble, tumble | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change integrity | ||
| 2. | crumple (contact) fold or collapse | ||
| Samples | His knees buckled. | ||
| Synonyms | buckle | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way | ||
| 3. | crumple (contact) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | ||
| Samples | She puckered her lips. | ||
| Examples | They crumple the sheets | ||
| Synonyms | cockle, knit, pucker, rumple | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle | ||
| Verb group | draw | ||
| 4. | crumple (change) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | ||
| Samples | This fabric won't wrinkle. | ||
| Examples | The sheets didn't crumple, These fabrics crumple easily | ||
| Synonyms | crease, crinkle, rumple, wrinkle | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fold, fold up | ||
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