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1. (n.) wrinkle
a small furrow or crease in the skin, esp. of the face, as from aging or frowning.
2. wrinkle
a slight ridge or furrow, esp. in a fabric, due to folding or crushing.
3. wrinkle
problem; fault:
still a few wrinkles to be worked out of the proposal.
4. (v.t.) wrinkle
to form wrinkles in.
5. (v.i.) wrinkle
to become wrinkled.
6. (n.) wrinkle
innovation; trick:
a new advertising wrinkle.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME, =wrinc trick (OE wrenc; see wrench ) + -le)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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"
2. (noun) wrinkle
a minor difficulty
"they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
3. (verb) wrinkle
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
4. (verb) purse, wrinkle
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
"purse ones's lips"
5. (verb) wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
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"
6. (verb) furrow, wrinkle, crease
make wrinkled or creased
"furrow one's brow"
7. (verb) rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
"This fabric won't wrinkle"
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1. (noun) wrinkle
a crease in sb's skin caused by old age
He has wrinkles on his forehead.; anti-wrinkle cream
2. wrinkle
a crease in material
to iron out the wrinkles; a wrinkled face; a shirt that's all wrinkled
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wrinkle
a winkle
2. (noun) wrinkle
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
3. (noun) wrinkle
hence, any roughness; unevenness
4. (noun) wrinkle
a notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle
5. (verb) wrinkle
to contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow
6. (verb) wrinkle
hence, to make rough or uneven in any way
7. (verb) wrinkle
to shrink into furrows and ridges
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Sense: a small crease on the skin (usually on one's face)
Her face is full of wrinkles.
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 Afrikaans: plooi |
 Arabic: تَجَعُّد، غَضْن، تَغَضُّن |
 Bulgarian: бръчка |
 Brazilian: ruga |
 Czech: vráska |
 German: die Falten, die Runzel |
 Danish: rynke |
 Greek: ρυτίδα, ζάρα |
 Spanish: arruga |
 Estonian: korts |
 Farsi: چین و چروک |
 Finnish: ryppy |
 French: ride |
 Hebrew: קֶמֶט |
 Hindi: झुर्री |
 Croatian: bora |
 Hungarian: ránc |
 Indonesian: kerutan |
 Icelandic: hrukka |
 Italian: ruga |
 Japanese: しわ |
 Korean: 주름 |
 Lithuanian: raukšlė |
 Latvian: grumba; krunka |
 Malay: kedutan; kerutan |
 Dutch: rimpel |
 Norwegian: rynke |
 Polish: zmarszczka |
 Persian: چین و چروک |
 Pashto: ګونجه، ګونځه، ګټور تجويز |
 Portuguese: ruga |
 Romanian: rid |
 Russian: морщин(к)а |
 Slovak: vráska |
 Slovenian: guba |
 Serbian: bora |
 Swedish: rynka, veck |
 Thai: รอยย่นบนใบหน้า |
 Turkish: kırışıklık, burşukluk |
 Taiwanese: 皺紋 |
 Ukrainian: зморшка; складка |
 Urdu: شکن یا جھری |
 Vietnamese: vết nhăn |
 Chinese: 皱纹 |
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