wrinkle
[noun]
Synonyms:
- crease, corrugation, crinkle, crow's-foot, crumple, fold, furrow, line
[verb]
Synonyms:
- crease, corrugate, crumple, fold, furrow, gather, pucker, rumple

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Related Words: crow's foot, pleat, pucker

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English Thesaurus: line, groove, rut, crease/wrinkle, wrinkle, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. wrin‧kle¹ /ˈrɪŋkəl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: wrinkled 'twisted, winding' (14-16 centuries), probably from Old English gewrinclian 'to wind']

1. wrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old:
Her face was a mass of wrinkles.

2. a small untidy fold in a piece of clothing or paper Synonym : crease:
She walked over to the bed and smoothed out the wrinkles.

3. iron out the wrinkles to solve the small problems in something
—wrinkly adjective:
her thin, wrinkly face

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. wrinkle² verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] (also wrinkle up) if you wrinkle a part of your face, or if it wrinkles, small lines appear on it:
Alex wrinkled up her nose at the smell.
Carter wrinkled his forehead in concentration.
His brow wrinkled when he saw us.

2. [intransitive] if a piece of clothing wrinkles, it gets small untidy folds in it Synonym : crease:
The trouble with linen is that it wrinkles so easily.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

wrinkle
noun
ADJ. fine
VERB + WRINKLE have | get | prevent Is there anything you can do to prevent wrinkles?
WRINKLE + VERB appear, form Fine wrinkles started to appear round her eyes.
PREP. without a ~ Her skin was still without a wrinkle.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

line a long thin mark on a piece of paper, the ground, or another surface:
The teacher put a red line through the first sentence.
If the ball goes over the line, it’s out of play.
groove a thin line that has been cut into a surface:
Deep grooves had been cut into the stone to channel the water.
Lyle ran his fingernail along the groove in the table.
rut a deep line in the ground which has been made by the wheels of vehicles:
The deep ruts made by the trucks were full of water.
The tractor’s wheels caught a rut in the field and jolted him.
crease/wrinkle a line on clothes, material, or paper where it has been folded or crushed:
She was trying to smooth out the creases in her dress.
She had wrinkles in her skirt where she had sat.
wrinkle a deep line on someone’s face caused by becoming old:
The manufacturers claim that the cream will reduce wrinkles.
Even with a few wrinkles, she still looks great.

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