[{"word":"crimped","phonetic":"/kɹɪmpt/","phonetics":[{"text":"/kɹɪmpt/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation."},{"definition":"To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He crimped the wire in place."},{"definition":"To pinch and hold; to seize.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To bend or mold leather into shape.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"With a crimp in it; crushed shut.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The crimped edges had been welded in earlier models."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crimp","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crimped"]}]