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Crinkle

Crinkle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crinkle? [n] a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [v] become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [v] make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crinkle: crease \| crease \| crease \| crisp \| crumple \| furrow \| line \| ruckle \| rumple \| scrunch \| scrunch up \| seam \| wrinkle \| wrinkle \| wrinkle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crinkle: ambages \| anfractuosity \| bristle \| circuitousness \| circumambages \| circumbendibus \| circumlocution \| circumvolution \| cocker \| cockle \| contort \| convolution \| corkscrew \| corrugate \| corrugation \| crankle \| crease \| crimp \| crimple \| crinkling \| crumple \| flexuosity \| flexuousness \| fold \| furrow \| intorsion \| intort \| involution \| knit \| knot \| meander \| meandering \| plica \| pucker \| purse \| ridge \| rimple \| ripple \| rivel \| rivulation \| ruck \| ruckle \| ruffle \| rumple \| rustle \| scallop \| screw \| scrunch \| serpentine \| set on edge \| shirr \| sinuation \| sinuosity \| sinuousness \| slink \| slinkiness \| snake \| snakiness \| swirl \| swish \| torsion \| tortility \| tortuosity \| tortuousness \| turn \| turning \| twine \| twirl \| twist \| twist and turn \| twisting \| undulation \| wave \| waving \| whirl \| whish \| whorl \| wimple \| wind \| winding \| worm \| wring \| wrinkle See Also \| cockle \| crow's feet \| crow's foot \| crumple \| cutis \| depression \| dermatoglyphic \| fold \| fold \| fold up \| fold up \| heart line \| impression \| imprint \| knit \| laugh line \| life line \| lifeline \| line of destiny \| line of fate \| line of heart \| line of life \| line of Saturn \| love line \| mensal line \| pucker \| ruck \| ruck up \| rumple \| skin \| tegument \| turn up Crinkle In Webster's Dictionary \Crin"kle\ (kr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crinkled} (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crinkling} (-kl[i^]ng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. {Cringle}, {Cringe}.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. The house?s crinkled to and fro. --Chaucer. Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. --Skelton. The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. --Mrs. Browning. \Crin"kle\, v. i. To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved. The green wheat crinkles like a lake. --L. T. Trowbridge. And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. --Mrs. Browning. \Crin"kle\, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. --A. Tucker.

Crinkle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crinkle?

[n] a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[v] become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
[v] make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"

Crinkle In Webster's Dictionary

\Crin"kle\ (kr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Crinkled} (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crinkling} (-kl[i^]ng).]
[A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind
or twist. Cf. {Cringle}, {Cringe}.]
To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into
inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

      The house?s crinkled to and fro.         --Chaucer.

      Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously
      wrinkled.                                --Skelton.

      The flames through all the casements pushing forth,
      Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. --Mrs.
                                               Browning.


\Crin"kle\, v. i.
To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or
turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle,
as stiff cloth when moved.

      The green wheat crinkles like a lake.    --L. T.
                                               Trowbridge.

      And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. --Mrs.
                                               Browning.


\Crin"kle\, n.
A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.

      The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear
      double.                                  --A. Tucker.

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