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Meaning of crumpled in English

crumpled
adjective
uk
/ˈkrʌm.pəld/ us
/ˈkrʌm.pəld/
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(of paper, cloth, etc.) full of folds:
crumpled clothes
the crumpled charm of linen
As we walk on, the map gets more and more crumpled.
crumpled up I found the report card crumpled up at the bottom of my kid's backpack.
(of metal, a vehicle, etc.) having been pressed very hard so it is full of folds and has lost its shape:
The taxi was crumpled like a tin can, with bits of metal and glass strewn across the road.
They had to be cut from the crumpled wreckage of their car.
(of someone's face) full of lines because of a strong emotion:
He turned to her and she saw his face was crumpled with distress.
I looked down at the red, crumpled face of my howling baby.
with your body bent and possibly having suddenly fallen because you can no longer stand:
He entered her apartment to find her lying crumpled on the floor.
crumpled up He was crumpled up against the wall, where he had been blown by the blast.
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