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Meaning of 'wrinkle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wrinkle [ n.]
- A winkle.
- A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.
- hence, any roughness; unevenness.
- A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.
2 . Wrinkle [ v. i.]
- To shrink into furrows and ridges.
3 . Wrinkle [ v. t.]
- To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.
- Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.

Meaning of 'wrinkle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wrinkle [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
Example in sentence:
  • his face has many lines;
  • ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
Meaning (2):
- a minor difficulty
Example in sentence:
  • they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
3 . wrinkle [ v]
Meaning (3):
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
Example in sentence:
  • crease the paper like this to make a crane;
  • The dress got wrinkled
Meaning (4):
- make wrinkled or creased
Example in sentence:
  • furrow one's brow
Meaning (5):
- gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
Example in sentence:
  • purse ones's lips
Meaning (6):
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
Example in sentence:
  • This fabric won't wrinkle

Nearby Words:

wrie wried wrig wriggle wriggled wriggler wriggling wright wrightine wring

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