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Crinkle Common

Crinkle has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

"his face has many lines"

"ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

2

A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.

Verb
1

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"

2

become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

"This fabric won't wrinkle"

3

To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.

Example Sentences
"his face has many lines" noun
"ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" noun
"The dress got wrinkled" verb
"crease the paper like this to make a crane" verb
"This fabric won't wrinkle" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
depression fold
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
crow's foot dermatoglyphic frown line line of life line of heart line of fate pucker
Rhyming Words
eckle ickle inkle dekle rickle fuckle turkle hinkle fickle pickle jeckle kinkle nickle cockle winkle runkle mickle cankle finkle muckle
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