crumple sth up
— phrasal verb with crumple uk/ˈkrʌm.pəl/us/ˈkrʌm.pəl/verb
to crush a piece of paper until all of it is folded:
Sylvie crumpled up the letter and threw it in the bin.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch (sth) up
- coarsen
- collapse
- creased
- crinkle
- crumple
- fold
- pucker
- pumice stone
- roll sth up
- roughen
- round sth off
- sand
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- smooth
- steady
- straighten
- straighten up
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