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uncrumpling

uncrumpling is the present participle and gerund of uncrumple.

Meaning of uncrumple

Verb

uncrumple (third-person singular simple present uncrumples, present participle uncrumpling, simple past and past participle uncrumpled)

  1. (transitive) To return something that has been crumpled closer to its original state.
    • I took the wadded-up letter from the trash and carefully uncrumpled it.
  2. (intransitive) Having been crumpled, to return closer to its original state.
    • As the newspaper uncrumpled, the picture on the front page became recognizable.

Questions about uncrumpling

What is uncrumpling the present participle and gerund of?
Uncrumpling is the present participle and gerund of uncrumple.

Words near uncrumpling in the dictionary

  1. uncruel
  2. uncrumbled
  3. uncrumple
  4. uncrumpled
  5. uncrumples
  6. uncrumpling
  7. uncrunch
  8. uncrunched
  9. uncrunches
  10. uncrunching
  11. uncrush

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncrumpling (page history and authors); uncrumple (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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