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rumple up

rumple up verb: to cause to become rumpled.

Verb

rumple up (third-person singular simple present rumples up, present participle rumpling up, simple past and past participle rumpled up)

  1. (transitive) to cause to become rumpled
  2. (intransitive) to become rumpled

Forms of rumple up

third-person singular presentrumples up
present participlerumpling up
past participlerumpled up
pastrumpled up

Questions about rumple up

What does rumple up mean?
Rumple up means to cause to become rumpled.
What part of speech is rumple up?
Rumple up is a verb.
What is the past tense of rumple up?
The past tense of rumple up is rumpled up.

Words near rumple up in the dictionary

  1. Rumphs
  2. rumpie
  3. rumpies
  4. rumping
  5. rumple
  6. rumple up
  7. rumpled
  8. rumpled up
  9. rumpledness
  10. rumples
  11. rumples up

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