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Wrinkle

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Noun

1. crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle

a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

Example Sentences:
'his face has many lines'
'ironing gets rid of most wrinkles'

2. wrinkle

a minor difficulty

Example Sentences:
'they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out'

3. wrinkle

a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

Verb

4. purse, wrinkle

gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

Example Sentences:
'purse ones's lips'

5. crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle

make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in

Example Sentences:
'The dress got wrinkled'
'crease the paper like this to make a crane'

6. crease, furrow, wrinkle

make wrinkled or creased

Example Sentences:
'furrow one's brow'

7. crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle

become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

Example Sentences:
'This fabric won't wrinkle'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wrinkle

see synonyms of wrinkle
noun
1. 
a slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of age
verb
2. 
to make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering
noun
informal
a clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge

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Wrinkle

see synonyms of wrinkle
noun
1. 
a small ridge or furrow in a normally smooth surface, caused by contraction, crumpling, folding, etc.
2. 
a crease or pucker in the skin, as any of those caused by aging, frowning, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈwrinkled or ˈwrinkling
3. 
to form a wrinkle or wrinkles in, as by contracting; pucker; crease
verb intransitive
4. 
to be or become wrinkled
noun
Informal
a clever or novel trick, idea, or device

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Wrinkle

see synonyms of wrinkle
n.
1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.
2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.
3. A different or unexpected development, action, or idea: "The 1973 War brought a new wrinkle to the face of battle ... the widespread use of rockets and guided missiles" (Bruce Watson).
4. A problem or imperfection: The report had to be revised because of a few wrinkles.
v. wrin·kled, wrin·kling, wrin·kles
v.tr.
1. To make wrinkles or a wrinkle in: My shirt was wrinkled after being so long in the suitcase.
2. To draw up into wrinkles; pucker: wrinkled her nose in disdain.
v.intr.
To form wrinkles.

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