crimp
n. படைக்கு வலையிட்டு ஆள் பிடிப்பவர், கப்பலோட்டியாக வலையிட்டு ஆள் பிடிப்பவர், (வி.) படைக்கு ஆள் பிடி, கப்பலோட்டியாக ஆள்சேர்.a. பொருபொருப்பாக்கப்பட்ட, மொறுமொறுப்பாக்கப்பட்ட, (வி.) சுரிக்கவை, திரையவிடு, சுருக்கங்கள் உண்டுபண்ணு, மடிப்புவை, கொய்சகம் வை, குஞ்சமிணை, முடை, பின்னு, ஆழமாக வெட்டு, மீனின் தசையைச் சிதைத்துச் சுருக்கு, ஆள்பிடி, அகப்படுத்து, வளைத்து மடி, சுருளுவி, விரும்பிய உருவில் வளை.
Synonyms
#verb brittle, friable, crisp #verb brittle, friable, crisp
Antonyms
#verb brittle, friable, crisp #verb brittle, friable, crisp #verb tough, stubborn, viscous, pasty, lentous
Crimp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimped (krmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimping.] Etym: [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See Cramp.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy apperance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) Defn: To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. Crimping house, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. -- Crimping iron. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. -- Crimping machine, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. -- Crimping pin, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. Crimp, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. J. Philips. 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. Arbuthnot. Crimp, n. 1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] De Foe. 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. Marryat. 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. 4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. 5. A game at cards. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Boot crimp. See under Boot. Crimp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimped (krmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimping.] Etym: [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See Cramp.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy apperance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) Defn: To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. Crimping house, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. -- Crimping iron. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. -- Crimping machine, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. -- Crimping pin, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. Crimp, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. J. Philips. 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. Arbuthnot. Crimp, n. 1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] De Foe. 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. Marryat. 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. 4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. 5. A game at cards. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Boot crimp. See under Boot.