crumple

v., -pled, -pling, -ples.

v.tr.

1. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple.
2. To cause to collapse.

v.intr.

1. To become wrinkled.
2. To collapse: a regime that finally crumpled.

n.
An irregular fold, crease, or wrinkle.

[Middle English crumplen, probably frequentative of crumpen, to curl up. See crumpet.]

crumply crum'ply adj.

verb

1. To make irregular folds in, especially by pressing or twisting: crease, crimp, crinkle, rimple, rumple, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.
2. To fall in: buckle, cave in, collapse, give, go. Idioms: give way. See explosion/collapse.

noun

A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crimp, crinkle, fold, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.

v

Definition: make or become wrinkled
Antonyms: straighten

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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: fall apart; also used metaphorically
  Synonyms: crumble, tumble, break down, collapse

Meaning #2: fold or collapse
  Synonym: buckle

Meaning #3: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
  Synonyms: pucker, rumple, cockle, knit

Meaning #4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
  Synonyms: rumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - krølle sammen, rynke
v. intr. - sammenkrølles, bryde sammen
n. - fold, rynke

Nederlands (Dutch)
kreukel, (ver)frommelen, (ver)kreukelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - froisser, écraser
v. intr. - froisser, se décomposer (traits du visage), s'effondrer (résistance)
n. - pli, ride

Deutsch (German)
v. - (ver)knittern, zerdrücken, zusammenbrechen
n. - Falte, Knick

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τσαλακώνω/-ομαι, στραπατσάρω/-ομαι, καταρρέω
n. - χαλαρό τσαλάκωμα

Italiano (Italian)
spiegazzare, grinza

Português (Portuguese)
v. - amassar, enrugar-se
n. - ruga (f), prega (f)

Русский (Russian)
скомкать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - arrugar, deshacer, estrujar
v. intr. - arrugarse, deshacerse, estrujarse
n. - arruga

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - krama ihop, krossa, tufsa till, skrynkla sig, falla (bildl.)
n. - lös skrynkla el veck

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
弄皱, 压皱, 使一蹶不振, 起皱, 倒坍, 倒下, 一蹶不振, 褶皱, 皱纹

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 弄皺, 壓皺, 使一蹶不振
v. intr. - 起皺, 倒坍, 倒下, 一蹶不振
n. - 褶皺, 皺紋

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 구기다, 압도하다
v. intr. - 구겨지다, 압도되다
n. - 구김살

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - しわくちゃにする, ぺちゃんこになる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) جعد, كرمش, انهار (الاسم) طويه, تجعد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קימט‬
v. intr. - ‮התקמט‬
n. - ‮קמט‬

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