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wrinkle

Nouns

• (n) a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
  • his face has many lines
  • ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
  crinkle, crease, furrow, seam, line,
• (n) a minor difficulty
  • they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
• (n) a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

Verbs

• (v) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
  • purse ones's lips
  purse,
• (v) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
  • The dress got wrinkled
  • crease the paper like this to make a crane
  crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, scrunch,
• (v) make wrinkled or creased
  • furrow one's brow
  crease, furrow,
• (v) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
  • This fabric won't wrinkle
  crinkle, rumple, crease, crumple,

Synonyms

purse crinkle crease furrow seam line crisp ruckle scrunch up scrunch rumple crumple

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