"uncrumple" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: uncrumples [present, singular, third-person], uncrumpling [participle, present], uncrumpled [participle, past], uncrumpled [past]
Etymology: un- + crumple Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|crumple}} un- + crumple Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-uncrumple-en-verb-br-8itTU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 48 52
  2. (intransitive) Having been crumpled, to return closer to its original state. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-uncrumple-en-verb-8QL~SGNP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 48 52

Inflected forms

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