| NOUN | shape | wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | wrinkle | a minor difficulty | |
| cognition | wrinkle | a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) | |
| VERB | contact | wrinkle, purse | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds |
| contact | wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface | |
| contact | wrinkle, furrow, crease | make wrinkled or creased | |
| change | wrinkle, rumple, crumple, crease, crinkle | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased |
| Sounds | rih'ngkahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" | |
| Synonyms | furrow, crease, crinkle, 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 | wrinkleproof, wrinkle-resistant | of fabric that does not wrinkle easily |
| Verbs | wrinkle | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased |
| wrinkle | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface | |
| wrinkle | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds | |
| wrinkle | make wrinkled or creased | |
| Meaning | A minor difficulty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out" | |
| Broader | difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
| Meaning | A clever method of doing something (especially something new and different). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | method | A way of doing something, especially a systematic way |
| Meaning | Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | purse | |
| Broader | contract | make smaller |
| Spanish | fruncir | |
| Catalan | frunzir | |
| Nouns | wrinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a 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 wrinkle the sheets | |
| Example | "The dress got wrinkled" | |
| Synonyms | ruckle, crease, crinkle, 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 | wrinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
| Meaning | make wrinkled or creased. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | furrow, crease | |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Spanish | arrugar, estriar, surcar | |
| Catalan | arrugar-se | |
| Nouns | wrinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
| Meaning | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The sheets didn't wrinkle; These fabrics wrinkle easily | |
| Example | "This fabric won't wrinkle" | |
| Synonyms | rumple, crumple, crease, crinkle | |
| Broader | fold, fold up | Become folded or folded up |
| Spanish | arrugar | |
| Nouns | wrinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
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