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 Definitions of wrinkle  [ˈrɪŋ kəl]  

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Definition of 'wrinkle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'wrinkle' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'wrinkle' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'wrinkle' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'wrinkle' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a small crease on the skin (usually on one's face)
Her face is full of wrinkles.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: plooi Arabic flag Arabic: تَجَعُّد، غَضْن، تَغَضُّن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бръчка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ruga Czech flag Czech: vráska German flag German: die Falten, die Runzel
Danish flag Danish: rynke Greek flag Greek: ρυτίδα, ζάρα Spanish flag Spanish: arruga
Estonian flag Estonian: korts Farsi flag Farsi: چین و چروک Finnish flag Finnish: ryppy
French flag French: ride Hebrew flag Hebrew: קֶמֶט Hindi flag Hindi: झुर्री
Croatian flag Croatian: bora Hungarian flag Hungarian: ránc Indonesian flag Indonesian: kerutan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hrukka Italian flag Italian: ruga Japanese flag Japanese: しわ
Korean flag Korean: 주름 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: raukšlė Latvian flag Latvian: grumba; krunka
Malay flag Malay: kedutan; kerutan Dutch flag Dutch: rimpel Norwegian flag Norwegian: rynke
Polish flag Polish: zmarszczka Persian flag Persian: چین و چروک Pashto flag Pashto: ګونجه، ګونځه، ګټور تجويز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ruga Romanian flag Romanian: rid Russian flag Russian: морщин(к)а
Slovak flag Slovak: vráska Slovenian flag Slovenian: guba Serbian flag Serbian: bora
Swedish flag Swedish: rynka, veck Thai flag Thai: รอยย่นบนใบหน้า Turkish flag Turkish: kırışıklık, burşukluk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 皺紋 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зморшка; складка Urdu flag Urdu: شکن یا جھری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vết nhăn Chinese flag Chinese: 皱纹

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