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wrinkle

 
Noun wrinkle has 3 senses
  1. wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
    --1 is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
    --1 is a part of skin, tegument, cutis
    --1 has particulars:
     crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line; dermatoglyphic; frown line; line of life, life line, lifeline; line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line; line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn
    Derived forms: verb wrinkle3, verb wrinkle1, verb wrinkle2, verb wrinkle4
  2. wrinkle - a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
    --2 is a kind of
    difficulty
  3. wrinkle - a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
    --3 is a kind of
    method
Verb wrinkle has 4 senses
  1. purse, wrinkle - gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"
    --1 is one way to contract
    Derived form: noun wrinkle1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  2. wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp - make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"
    --2 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
    Derived form: noun wrinkle1
    Sample sentence:
    They wrinkle the sheets
  3. furrow, wrinkle, crease - make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"
    --3 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
    Derived form: noun wrinkle1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
    --4 is one way to fold, fold up
    Derived form: noun wrinkle1
    Sample sentences:
    The sheets didn't wrinkle
    These fabrics wrinkle easily
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