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CRIMP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("crimp" is a kind of...):

curl; lock; ringlet; whorl (a strand or cluster of hair)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crimp"):

pin curl (a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin)

kiss curl; spit curl (a spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek)

Derivation:

crimp (curl tightly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

Synonyms:

crimp; crimper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("crimp" is a kind of...):

abductor; kidnaper; kidnapper; snatcher (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))

Sense 3

Meaning:

An angular or rounded shape made by folding

Example:

a bend of his elbow

Synonyms:

bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("crimp" is a kind of...):

angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crimp"):

plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)

kink; twirl; twist (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)

pucker; ruck (an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth))

Derivation:

crimp (make ridges into by pinching together)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Curl tightly

Example:

crimp hair

Synonyms:

crape; crimp; frizz; frizzle; kink; kink up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crimp" is one way to...):

curl; wave (twist or roll into coils or ringlets)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They crimp their hair

Derivation:

crimp (a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make ridges into by pinching together

Synonyms:

crimp; pinch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crimp" is one way to...):

fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crimp"):

flute (form flutes in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

crimp (an angular or rounded shape made by folding)

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