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3 dictionary results for: Wrinkled
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wrin·kle1       [ring-kuhl] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -kled, -kling.
–noun
1.a small furrow or crease in the skin, esp. of the face, as from aging or frowning.
2.a temporary slight ridge or furrow on a surface, due to contraction, folding, crushing, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
3.to form wrinkles in; corrugate; crease: Don't wrinkle your dress.
–verb (used without object)
4.to become wrinkled.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME (n.), back formation from wrinkled, OE gewrinclod, ptp. of gewrinclian to wind round; perh. akin to wrick, wrench]
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wrin·kle       (rĭng'kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.


[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.]

wrin'kly adj.
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wrinkled

adjective
1. marked by wrinkles; "tired travelers in wrinkled clothes" [ant: unwrinkled] 
2. (of linens or clothes) not ironed; "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans" [syn: unironed] [ant: ironed] 

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