crumple
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(verb) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" |
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Synonyms: crease, crinkle, rumple, wrinkle |
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Related Words: fold, fold up |
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(verb) fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" |
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Synonyms: buckle |
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Related Words: break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way |
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(verb) fall apart; also used metaphorically: "Negociations broke down" |
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Synonyms: break down, collapse, crumble, tumble |
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Related Words: change integrity |
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(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips," "This material drew after having been washed in hot water" |
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Synonyms: cockle, draw, knit, pucker, rumple |
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Related Words: crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle |
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