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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;
- Example: "his face has many lines"
- Example: "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line]

2. a minor difficulty;
- Example: "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"

3. a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different);


VERB (4)

1. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker;
- Example: "purse ones's lips"
[syn: purse, wrinkle]

2. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in;
- Example: "The dress got wrinkled"
- Example: "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
[syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp]

3. make wrinkled or creased;
- Example: "furrow one's brow"
[syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease]

4. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;
- Example: "This fabric won't wrinkle"
[syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wrinkle \Wrin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrinkling.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. [1913 Webster] A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. --Bryant. [1913 Webster] To wrinkle at, to sneer at. [Obs.] --Marston. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wrinkle \Wrin"kle\, n. A winkle. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wrinkle \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. ????.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. [1913 Webster] Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wrinkle \Wrin"kle\, v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wrinkle n 1: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line] 2: a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out" 3: a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) v 1: gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips" [syn: purse, wrinkle] 2: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp] 3: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease] 4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]