Associations to the word «Crumple»

Wiktionary

CRUMPLE, noun. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
CRUMPLE, verb. (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
CRUMPLE, verb. (transitive) To cause to collapse.
CRUMPLE, verb. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
CRUMPLE, verb. (intransitive) To collapse.
CRUMPLE ZONE, noun. A structural feature of an automobile / motor car designed to compress during an accident and absorb impact energy.

Dictionary definition

CRUMPLE, verb. Fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down".
CRUMPLE, verb. Fold or collapse; "His knees buckled".
CRUMPLE, verb. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips".
CRUMPLE, verb. Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin