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# crimp

«crimp» in Mova's school dictionary: **To press something into small folds or ridges, such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (crimp, crimps, crimped, crimping); noun (a crimp, crimps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To press something into small folds or ridges, such as pastry edges or hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#m1)

2) To squeeze two things together to join them, such as a metal end on a wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#m2)

3) (noun) A small fold, wave or ridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#m3)

4) (US, informal) «Put a crimp in» something means to spoil or limit it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking you crimp the edge of a pie with a fork or your fingers to seal it. Hairdressers crimp hair into zigzag waves. Electricians crimp metal connectors onto wires. In the US «that put a crimp in our plans» means it got in the way.

### examples

- Crimp the edges of the pie with a fork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#x1)
- She crimped her hair for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#x2)
- The electrician crimped the plug onto the wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#x3)
- The paper had little crimps along the edge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#x4)
- The rain put a crimp in our beach day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#x5)
- Gran showed me how to crimp a pasty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: crimped. Adjective: crimped or crimpy. Do not confuse with «cramp» (a sudden pain in a muscle) or «scrimp» (to save money carefully).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crimp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crimp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.