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wrin⋅kle

1  [ring-kuhl] noun, verb, -kled, -kling.
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–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)   
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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2wrinkle
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: wrin·kled; wrin·kling /-k(&-)li[ng]/
intransitive senses
: to become marked with or contracted into wrinkles wrinkle transitive senses
: to contract into wrinkles <wrinkled skin>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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