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wrinkle
A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
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noun
A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
“His face has many lines”
noun
A minor difficulty
“They finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out”
noun
A clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
verb
Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
“Purse one's lips”
verb
Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic
“The dress got wrinkled”
verb
Make wrinkled or creased
“Furrow one's brow”
verb
Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
“This fabric won't wrinkle”
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His face has many lines
Ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
They finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
Purse one's lips
The dress got wrinkled
Crease the paper like this to make a crane
Furrow one's brow
This fabric won't wrinkle
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