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crumpled up

crumpled up is the simple past and past participle of crumple up.

Meaning of crumple up

Verb

crumple up (third-person singular simple present crumples up, present participle crumpling up, simple past and past participle crumpled up)

  1. (intransitive) To become crumpled or messily folded up.
  2. (transitive) To crumple or messily fold (something).
  3. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To collapse; to give up and fold in a stressful situation.

Questions about crumpled up

What is crumpled up the simple past and past participle of?
Crumpled up is the simple past and past participle of crumple up.

Words near crumpled up in the dictionary

  1. crumple
  2. crumple up
  3. crumple zone
  4. crumple zones
  5. crumpled
  6. crumpled up
  7. crumpledness
  8. crumpler
  9. crumplers
  10. crumples
  11. crumples up

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