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RIMPLE

Definition: RIMPLE

RIMPLE

Intransitive & transitive verb

1. To rumple; to wrinkle.

Noun

1. A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: RIMPLE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Fold	Verb: fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute,frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck, hem, gather.
	Noun: fold, plicature, plait, pleat,ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet; plication.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: RIMPLE

English words defined with "RIMPLE": Rimpled, Rimpling, Rivel. (references)

Sounds Captioned with "RIMPLE".

Play	Caption
	Crumple; crumpling; ball; throw away; crease; crimp; crimple; crinkle; crush; fall; fold; give way; pucker; rimple; ruck; rumple; scrunch; shrivel; wad; wadding; scrunching; rumpling; creasing; crimpling.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Name Usage Frequency: RIMPLE

The following table summarizes the usage of "RIMPLE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Rimple	Last name	170	54,647
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Modern Translation: RIMPLE

Language		Translations for "RIMPLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		πτυχή (crease, crumple, fold, plait, ply, pucker, ruck, ruffle, tuck), ζαρωματιά (rumple, wrinkle). (various references)

Pig Latin		impleray.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations: RIMPLE

Derivations
	Words beginning with "RIMPLE": rimpled, rimples. (additional references)
	Words ending with "RIMPLE": crimple. (additional references)
	Words containing "RIMPLE": crimpled, crimples. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: RIMPLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: limper, prelim.
	Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-p-r"
	-1 letter: impel, miler, peril, plier, prime.
	-2 letters: emir, lier, lime, limp, lipe, lire, merl, mile, mire, peri, perm, pier, pile, plie, prim, riel, rile, rime, ripe.
	-3 letters: elm, imp, ire, lei, lie, lip, mel, mil, mir, per, pie, rei, rem, rep, rim, rip.
	-4 letters: el, em, er, li, me, mi, pe, pi, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-p-r"
	+1 letter: crimple, impaler, impearl, imperil, implore, lempira, limpers, lumpier, palmier, plumier, prelims, primely, rimpled, rimples, simpler.
	+2 letters: clumpier, compiler, complier, crimpled, crimples, dimplier, glimpser, glumpier, impalers, impearls, impeller, impellor, imperial, imperils, implored, implorer, implores, impurely, lempiras, limpsier, periblem, pimplier, plumeria, plummier, prelimit, primeval, proemial, rumplier.
	+3 letters: amplifier, compilers, compliers, crumplier, empirical, epidermal, glimpsers, impearled, impellers, impellors, imperials, imperiled, implanter, implorers, micropyle, periblems, perilymph, phlegmier, pimpernel, plexiform, plumerias, polymeric, prelimits, prolamine, puerilism, recompile, reimplant, reptilium, rumpliest, slimpsier, verapamil.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Sounds
4. Names: Frequency

5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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