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uncrumple

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-crum-ple
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To return something that has been crumpled closer to its original state.

Transitive verb

verb

Having been crumpled, to return closer to its original state.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English crumple English uncrumple From un- + crumple.

Usage

Inflected Forms

uncrumples (present, singular) uncrumpling (participle, present) uncrumpled (participle, past) uncrumpled (past)

Questions

What does uncrumple mean?
To return something that has been crumpled closer to its original state.
Where does uncrumple come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English crumple English uncrumple From un- + crumple.

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