Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to crumple
Participle: crumpled
Gerund: crumpling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | crumple |
| you | crumple |
| he;she;it | crumples |
| we | crumple |
| you | crumple |
| they | crumple |
Perfect
| I | have crumpled |
| you | have crumpled |
| he;she;it | has crumpled |
| we | have crumpled |
| you | have crumpled |
| they | have crumpled |
Past
| I | crumpled |
| you | crumpled |
| he;she;it | crumpled |
| we | crumpled |
| you | crumpled |
| they | crumpled |
Pluperfect
| I | had crumpled |
| you | had crumpled |
| he;she;it | had crumpled |
| we | had crumpled |
| you | had crumpled |
| they | had crumpled |
Future
| I | will crumple |
| you | will crumple |
| he;she;it | will crumple |
| we | will crumple |
| you | will crumple |
| they | will crumple |
Future Perfect
| I | will have crumpled |
| you | will have crumpled |
| he;she;it | will have crumpled |
| we | will have crumpled |
| you | will have crumpled |
| they | will have crumpled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | crumple |
| you | crumple |
| he;she;it | crumple |
| we | crumple |
| you | crumple |
| they | crumple |
Perfect
| I | have crumpled |
| you | have crumpled |
| he;she;it | have crumpled |
| we | have crumpled |
| you | have crumpled |
| they | have crumpled |
Imperfect
| I | crumpled |
| you | crumpled |
| he;she;it | crumpled |
| we | crumpled |
| you | crumpled |
| they | crumpled |
Pluperfect
| I | had crumpled |
| you | had crumpled |
| he;she;it | had crumpled |
| we | had crumpled |
| you | had crumpled |
| they | had crumpled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would crumple |
| you | would crumple |
| he;she;it | would crumple |
| we | would crumple |
| you | would crumple |
| they | would crumple |
Perfect
| I | would have crumpled |
| you | would have crumpled |
| he;she;it | would have crumpled |
| we | would have crumpled |
| you | would have crumpled |
| they | would have crumpled |
Imperative
| you | crumple |
| we | Let's crumple |
| you | crumple |
Verbs conjugated like 'crumple'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'crumple'
crimple,
crumble,
frumple,
rumple,
scrumple,
cample,
chumble,
couple,
cripple,
cruckle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, crumplen, freq. of crumpen "to curl up," from O.E. crump "bent, crooked."
2. From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.
Sample Sentences
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He crumpled the note and threw it away.
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He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.
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The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.
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The team's defensive strategy crumpled.
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The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.
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Yes, Juve were unfortunate, in the extreme, with the deflected goal from Casemiro that gave Madrid a 2-1 lead just after the hour. From that point onwards, however, it was staggering to see a team renowned for defensive structure crumple this way. [2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juve”, in The Guardian (London):]