Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - crumple
Crumple
crumple
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by up) a crush or become crushed into creases. b ruffle, wrinkle. 2 intr. (often foll. by up) collapse, give way. --n. a crease or wrinkle. Phrases and idioms crumple zone a part of a motor vehicle, esp. the extreme front and rear, designed to crumple easily in a crash and absorb impact. Derivatives crumply adj. Etymology: obs. crump (v. & adj.) (make or become) curved
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I. verb (~d; crumpling) Etymology: Middle English ~n, frequentative of Middle English crumpen Date: 14th century transitive verb to press, bend, or crush out of shape ; rumple, to cause to collapse, intransitive verb to become ~d, collapse, II. noun Date: 15th century a wrinkle or crease made by crumpling, crumply adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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