Uk English Meaning of wrinkle

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Definitions and Meaning of wrinkle in English

Wordnet

wrinkle (n)

a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

a minor difficulty

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

Wordnet

wrinkle (v)

gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

make wrinkled or creased

become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

wrinkle (v. i.)

To shrink into furrows and ridges.

FAQs About the word wrinkle

wrinkle

a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface, a minor difficulty, a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different), gat

Crease,furrow,Crease,corrugation,crimp,layer,loop,plait,Pleat,ply

clone,Copy,duplicate,duplication,imitation,replication,Reproduction,Carbon copy,dupe,Facsimile

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