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Wrinkle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Wrinkle? [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 wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [v] make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" [v] gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Wrinkle: crease \| crease \| crease \| crinkle \| crinkle \| crinkle \| crisp \| crumple \| furrow \| furrow \| line \| purse \| ruckle \| rumple \| scrunch \| scrunch up \| seam Related Terms \| Find terms related to Wrinkle: See Also \| cockle \| contract \| 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 Wrinkle In Webster's Dictionary \Wrin"kle\, n. A winkle. [Local, U. S.] \Wrin"kle\, n. [OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga. ????.] 1. 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. ``The wrinkles in my brows.'' --Shak. Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. --Emerson. 2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. --Dryden. 3. [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. {Wrench}, n.] A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [Colloq.] \Wrin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrinkling}.] 1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. ``Sport that wrinkled Care derides.'' --Milton. Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. --Pope. 2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. --Milton. Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. --Bryant. {To wrinkle at}, to sneer at. [Obs.] --Marston. \Wrin"kle\, v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges.

Wrinkle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wrinkle?

[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 wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"
[v] make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"
[v] gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

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Wrinkle In Webster's Dictionary

\Wrin"kle\, n.
A winkle. [Local, U. S.]


\Wrin"kle\, n. [OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD.
wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka,
OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga. ????.]
1. 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. ``The wrinkles in my brows.''
   --Shak.

         Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but
         unspent youth.                        --Emerson.

2. hence, any roughness; unevenness.

         Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. --Dryden.

3. [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a
   twisting, deceit. Cf. {Wrench}, n.] A notion or fancy; a
   whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [Colloq.]


\Wrin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrinkled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wrinkling}.]
1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a
   wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin
   or the brow. ``Sport that wrinkled Care derides.''
   --Milton.

         Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed.
                                               --Pope.

2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.

         A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the
         face of deluge, as decayed.           --Milton.

         Then danced we on the wrinkled sand.  --Bryant.

{To wrinkle at}, to sneer at. [Obs.] --Marston.


\Wrin"kle\, v. i.
To shrink into furrows and ridges.

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