crumple

  • 91rumple — v 1. crumple, wrinkle, crush, crinkle, crankle, cockle, ripple; pucker, purse, crease, crimple, twill, ruck, ruckle; crisp, fold, curl, flounce, rimple, crimp; knit, furrow, ridge, corrugate, shirr. 2. tousle, ruffle, dishevel, muss, disorganize; …

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  • 92мять — МЯТЬ1, несов., что. Давить что л., периодически сжимая в разных местах или с разных сторон, делая мягким, поддающимся при надавливании, прикосновении; Син.: размягчать [impf. to soften, crush something until it is soft and smooth; (of food) to… …

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  • 93fold — [n] double thickness bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dog’s ear*, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife edge*, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication,… …

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  • 94pucker — [n] wrinkle crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, furrow, plait, ruck, ruckle; concept 754 Ant. smoothness pucker [v] draw together; wrinkle cockle, compress, condense, contract, crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, furrow, gather, knit, purse, ruckle, ruck …

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  • 95scrunch — [v] crumple compress, crumple up, crunch, rumple, squash, squeeze; concept 184 …

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  • 96wrinkle — [n] crinkle, fold contraction, corrugation, crease, crow’s foot*, crumple, depression, furrow, gather, line, pleat, plica, pucker, ridge, rimple, rumple, tuck; concepts 418,513 Ant. smoothness wrinkle [v] crinkle, fold compress, corrugate, crease …

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  • 97break down — verb 1. make ineffective (Freq. 3) Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination • Syn: ↑crush • Derivationally related forms: ↑breakdown • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑ …

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  • 98-le — 1. suffix forming nouns, esp.: 1 names of appliances or instruments (handle; thimble). 2 names of animals and plants (beetle; thistle). Usage: The suffix has ceased to be syllabic in fowl, snail, stile. Etymology: ult. from or repr. OE el etc. f …

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  • 99scrumple — v.tr. crumple, wrinkle. Etymology: var. of CRUMPLE …

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  • 100Cramp — (kr[a^]mp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See {Grape}.] 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a… …

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