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1. wrinkle - noun

· a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

Synonym(s): furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line

Hypernym(s): depression, impression, imprint




2. wrinkle - noun

· a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"

Hypernym(s): difficulty




3. wrinkle - noun

· a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

Hypernym(s): method




4. wrinkle - verb

· gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"

Synonym(s): purse

Hypernym(s): contract




5. wrinkle - verb

· make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"

Synonym(s): ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch_up, crisp

Hypernym(s): fold, fold_up, turn_up




6. wrinkle - verb

· make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"

Synonym(s): furrow, crease

Hypernym(s): fold, fold_up, turn_up




7. wrinkle - verb

· become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"

Synonym(s): rumple, crumple, crease, crinkle

Hypernym(s): fold, fold_up





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