crumpled (verb)

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• note — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 short letter ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, little, quick, short ▪ Just a quick note to wish you luck. ▪ handwritten, scribbled …   Collocations dictionary

• crumple — verb 1) she crumpled the note in her fist Syn: crush, scrunch up, screw up, squash, squeeze 2) his pants were dirty and crumpled Syn: crease, wrinkle, crinkle, rumple 3) her resistance crump …   Thesaurus of popular words

• crumple — verb 1) she crumpled the note in her fist Syn: crush, scrunch up, screw up, squash, squeeze 2) his trousers were dirty and crumpled Syn: crease, wrinkle, crinkle, rumple 3) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• iron out — verb 1. settle or put right (Freq. 1) we need to iron out our disagreements • Syn: ↑straighten out, ↑put right • Hypernyms: ↑better, ↑improve, ↑amend, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• uncrumple — verb a) To return something which has been crumpled, closer to its original state. I took the wadded up letter from the trash and carefully uncrumpled it. b) Having been crumpled, to return closer to ones original state. As the newspaper… …   Wiktionary

• crumple — verb 1 (I, T) also crumple up to crush something so that it becomes smaller and bent, or to be crushed in this way: I had crumpled up about ten sheets, trying to write the letter. 2 (I) if your face crumples you suddenly look sad or disappointed …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• turn up one's nose — verb a) To make the gesture of raising ones nose, as a sign of scorn, contempt or disgust. When your turn came, you were carefully collared, and led up to the presence, as if even at that awful moment you were mutinously and murderously disposed …   Wiktionary

• rag-roll — verb create a striped or marbled effect on (a surface) by painting it with a rag crumpled up into a roll. Derivatives rag rolled adjective rag rolling noun …   English new terms dictionary

• flatten — verb 1) Flynn flattened the crumpled paper Syn: make flat, make even, smooth (out/off), level (out/off) 2) the cows flattened the grass Syn: compress, press down, crush, squash, compact, trample 3) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• flatten — verb 1) Tom flattened the crumpled paper Syn: make/become flat, even out, smooth out, level 2) the cows flattened the grass Syn: squash, compress, press down, crush, compact, trample 3) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• crumple — [[t]krʌ̱mp(ə)l[/t]] crumples, crumpling, crumpled 1) V ERG If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds. [V n] She crumpled the paper in her hand... The front and… …   English dictionary