wrinkle

Plural: wrinkles

Noun

• a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
  • "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
• a minor difficulty
  • "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
• a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
• A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
• A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
• A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
• A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
• A winkle

Verb

Verb Forms: wrinkled, wrinkling, wrinkles

• To form or cause to form small ridges or furrows.
• gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
  • "The dress got wrinkled"
• make wrinkled or creased
• become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
  • "This fabric won't wrinkle"
• To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
• To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
• To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
• To sneer (at).

Examples

• An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.
• Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
• Playing ’WRINKLE’ across a double-letter score helped smooth out his low score.
• Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.
• The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.
• Three months later, we're still discovering new wrinkles.

Synonyms

crease, crinkle, crisp, crumple, furrow, line, purse, ruckle, rumple, scrunch, scrunch up, seam

Related Words

unwrinkled, wrinkle-free, wrinkly

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