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Noun wrinkle has 3 senses
- 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"
--1 is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
--1 is a part of skin, tegument, cutis
--1 has particulars:
- wrinkle - a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
--2 is a kind of difficulty
- wrinkle - a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
--3 is a kind of method
Verb wrinkle has 4 senses
- purse, wrinkle - gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"
--1 is one way to contract
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp - make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"
--2 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Sample sentence:
They wrinkle the sheets
- furrow, wrinkle, crease - make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"
--3 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
--4 is one way to fold, fold up
Sample sentences:
The sheets didn't wrinkle
These fabrics wrinkle easily
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