English > crinkle: 3 senses > noun 1, shape| Meaning | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. |
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| Synonyms | wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line |
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| Part of | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
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| Narrower | crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line | A wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | arruga, surco |
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| Catalan | arruga, solc |
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| Adjectives | crinkly | uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves |
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| Verbs | crinkle | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased |
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| crinkle | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface |
English > crinkle: 3 senses > verb 1, contact| 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 |
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| Model | They crinkle the sheets |
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| Synonyms | wrinkle, ruckle, crease, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp |
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| Narrower | pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit | To gather something into small wrinkles or folds |
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| 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 |
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| Usage of | archaism, archaicism | The use of an archaic expression |
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| Spanish | arrugarse, arrugar |
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| Catalan | arrissar-se, arrugar-se, arrugar, cargolar |
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| Nouns | crinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
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