| NOUN | shape | crinkle, wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
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| VERB | contact | crinkle, wrinkle, ruckle, crease, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface |
| change | crinkle, rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased |
| Meaning | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. | |
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| Synonyms | wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line | |
| Part of | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
| Narrower | crow's foot, crow's feet, 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 | |
| line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn | A crease on the palm | |
| line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line | A crease on the palm | |
| line of life, life line, lifeline | A crease on the palm | |
| Broader | depression, impression, imprint | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
| Spanish | arruga, surco | |
| Catalan | arruga, solc | |
| Adjectives | crinkly | uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves |
| Verbs | crinkle | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased |
| crinkle | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface | |
| Meaning | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They crinkle the sheets | |
| Synonyms | wrinkle, ruckle, crease, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp | |
| Narrower | pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit | To gather something into small wrinkles or folds |
| pucker, ruck, ruck up | Become wrinkled or drawn together | |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Usage of | archaism, archaicism | The use of an archaic expression |
| Spanish | arrugarse, arrugar | |
| Catalan | arrissar-se, arrugar-se, arrugar, cargolar | |
| Nouns | crinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
| Meaning | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The sheets didn't crinkle; These fabrics crinkle easily | |
| Synonyms | rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease | |
| Broader | fold, fold up | Become folded or folded up |
| Spanish | arrugar | |
| Nouns | crinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
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