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DEFINITIONS OF: wrinkle

1

n a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

“ironing gets rid of most wrinkles”
Synonyms:
crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam
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

n a minor difficulty

“they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out”
Type of:
difficulty
a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

n a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

Type of:
method
a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

v gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

Synonyms:
purse
Type of:
contract
make smaller

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

“The dress got wrinkled”
Synonyms:
crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up
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

v become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

“This fabric won't wrinkle”
Synonyms:
crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple
Type of:
fold, fold up
become folded or folded up

v make wrinkled or creased

Synonyms:
crease, furrow
Type of:
fold, fold up, turn up
bend or lay so that one part covers the other
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