Scrunch Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She had to scrunch up in the small doorway to avoid being hit by the falling debris.
- The elderly grandmother would often scrunch up on the floor to play games with her grandkids.
- He taught the kids how to scrunch up properly and stomp out the flames during the fire safety drill.
- Farmworkers in some remote areas have to scrunch up for hours, gathering vegetables in the dense bushes.
- In many parts of the world, craftsmen prefer to scrunch up on the floor while constructing intricate handmade items.