wrinkle

wrin·kle  (rngkl)

n.

1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.

2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.

3. A clever trick, method, or device, especially one that is new and different.

4. A problem or imperfection; a fault: The report had to be revised because of a few wrinkles.

v. wrin·kled, wrin·kling, wrin·kles

v.tr.

1. To make wrinkles or a wrinkle in.

2. To draw up into wrinkles; pucker: wrinkled her nose in disdain.

v.intr.

To form wrinkles.

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[Middle English, back-formation from wrinkled, wrinkled, probably from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian, to wind, crease; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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wrinkly adj.

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wrinkle¹

n

a slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of age

vb

to make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering

[back formation from wrinkled, from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of wrinclian to wind around; related to Swedish vrinka to sprain, Lithuanian reñgti to twist. See wrench]

wrinkleless  adj

wrinkly  adj

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wrinkle²

n

Informal a clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge

[Old English wrenc trick; related to Middle Low German wrank struggle, Middle High German ranc sudden turn. See wrench]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wrinkle - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" crinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" 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 destiny, line of fate, line of Saturn - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
	2.	wrinkle - a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out" difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
	3.	wrinkle - a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) method - a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
Verb	1.	wrinkle - gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips" purse contract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
	2.	wrinkle - 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" crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, scrunch fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" ruck, ruck up, pucker - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"
	3.	wrinkle - make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" crease, furrow fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
	4.	wrinkle - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" crinkle, rumple, crease, crumple fold up, fold - become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

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wrinkle

noun

1. line, fold, crease, furrow, pucker, crow's-foot, corrugation His face was covered with wrinkles.

2. crease, gather, fold, crumple, furrow, rumple, pucker, crinkle, corrugation He noticed a wrinkle in the material.

verb

crease, line, gather, fold, crumple, ruck, furrow, rumple, pucker, crinkle, corrugate I wrinkled the velvet The skin around her eyes had begun to wrinkle.
crease level, press, iron, smooth, unfold, flatten, straighten, even out

Translations

wrinkle¹ [ˈrɪŋkl]

A. N → arruga f

B. VT (also wrinkle up) [+ fabric, clothes] → arrugar; [+ brow, forehead] → fruncir

C. VI (also wrinkle up) → arrugarse

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wrinkle² [ˈrɪŋkl] N (= idea) → idea f, noción f; (= tip) → indicación f; (= dodge) → truco m

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wrinkle [ˈrɪŋk^əl]

n

(on skin) → ride f

(on paper, in cloth) → pli m

vt

[+ skin] → rider

[+ paper] → froisser; [+ fabric] → friper

to wrinkle one's nose → froncer le nez
to wrinkle one's nose at sth → froncer le nez à qch
to wrinkle one's brow → froncer les sourcils

vi

[skin] → se rider

[paper, fabric] → se froisser

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wrinkle

n

(in clothes, paper) → Knitter m; (on face, skin) → Runzel f, → Falte f; (in stocking) → Falte f

(inf, = dodge, scheme) → Kniff m (inf)

vt fabric, paper, surface, sheet → verknittern, verkrumpeln (inf); skin → runzlig or faltig machen; to wrinkle one’s nose → die Nase rümpfen; to wrinkle one’s brow → die Stirne runzeln

vi (sheet, material) → (ver)knittern; (stockings) → Falten schlagen; (skin etc) → runzlig or faltig werden

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wrinkle [ˈrɪŋkl]

1. n (on face, skin) → ruga; (in stockings, paper) → grinza

2. vt (fabric) → stropicciare; (nose) → arricciare; (flat surface, skin) → corrugare, raggrinzire

3. vi (see vt) → stropicciarsi, arricciarsi, corrugarsi, raggrinzirsi

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wrinkle [ˈrɪŋkl]

1. n (on face, skin) → ruga; (in stockings, paper) → grinza

2. vt (fabric) → stropicciare; (nose) → arricciare; (flat surface, skin) → corrugare, raggrinzire

3. vi (see vt) → stropicciarsi, arricciarsi, corrugarsi, raggrinzirsi

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wrinkle

n wrinkle [ˈriŋkl]

a small crease on the skin (usually on one's face) Her face is full of wrinkles. plooi تَجَعُّد، غَضْن، تَغَضُّن бръчка vráska rynke die Falten, die Runzel ρυτίδα, ζάρα arruga korts چین و چروک ryppy ride קֶמֶט झुर्री bora ránc kerutan hrukka ruga しわ 주름 raukšlė grumba; krunka kedutan; kerutan rimpel rynke zmarszczka ruga rid морщин(к)а vráska guba bora rynka, veck รอยย่นบนใบหน้า kırışıklık, burşukluk 皺紋 зморшка; складка شکن یا جھری vết nhăn 皱纹

v

to (cause to) become full of wrinkles or creases The damp had wrinkled the pages. kreukel يَتَغَضَّن، يَتَجَعَّد набръчквам (се) zkrabatit krølle zerknittern ζαρώνω arrugar kortsu(ta)ma چین دادن؛ چروکیده شدن rypistää rider; plisser לְקַמֵט शिकन पड़ना izborati, izgužvati ráncol mengerutkan hrukka, krumpa raggrinzire, spiegazzare しわになる 주름이 지다 raukšlėti(s), su(si)glamžyti sagrumbot; saburzīt; sagrumboties; saburzīties mengedutkan kreuken rynke, krølle, bli skrukket pomarszczyć enrugar a rida; a încreţi морщить(ся) pokrčiť nagubati (se) naborati skrynkla till ย่น kırış(tır)mak, buruş(tur)mak (使)起皺紋 морщити(ся) جھریاں ڈالنا یا پڑنا xuất hiện vết nhăn 使起皱纹

adj wrinkled

full of wrinkles a wrinkled face. geplooide مُتَغَضِّن، مُتَجَعِّد набръчкано vrásčitý rynket runzelig ρυτιδωμένος, ζαρωμένος arrugado kortsuline پوست چین و چورک دار ryppyinen ridé מְקוּמַט शिकन से भरा izboran ráncos berkerut-kerut hrukkóttur, krumplaður rugoso しわだらけの 주름진 raukšlėtas grumbains; krunkains gerimpeld rynket, skrukket pomarszczony enrugado ridat морщинистый vráskavý zguban naboran rynkig, skrynklig, fårad ซึ่งมีรอยย่น kırışık 有皺紋的 такий, що у зморшках جھری دار có vết nhăn 有皱纹的

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wrinkle → تجعيد vráska rynke Falte ρυτίδα arruga ryppy ride bora ruga しわ 주름살 rimpel rynke zmarszczka ruga морщина rynka รอยย่นบนผิว kırışık vết nhăn 皱纹