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crinkle

DEFINITIONS OF: crinkle

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v become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

Synonyms:
crease, crumple, rumple, wrinkle
Type of:
fold, fold up
become folded or folded up

v make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in

Synonyms:
crease, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle
Types:
cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, rumple
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
pucker, ruck, ruck up
become wrinkled or drawn together
Type of:
fold, fold up, turn up
bend or lay so that one part covers the other

n a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

Synonyms:
crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle
Types:
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crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line
a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
dermatoglyphic
the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)
frown line
a facial wrinkle associated with frowning
life line, lifeline, line of life
a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line
a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
line of Saturn, line of destiny, line of fate
a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
Type of:
depression, impression, imprint
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
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