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English noun: wrinkle | |||
| 1. | wrinkle (shape) a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface | ||
| Samples | His face has many lines. Ironing gets rid of most wrinkles. | ||
| Synonyms | crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depression, impression, imprint | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crow's feet, crow's foot, dermatoglyphic, frown line, heart line, laugh line, life line, lifeline, line of destiny, line of fate, line of heart, line of life, line of Saturn, love line, mensal line | ||
| Part meronym | cutis, skin, tegument | ||
| 2. | wrinkle (cognition) a minor difficulty | ||
| Samples | They finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficulty | ||
| 3. | wrinkle (cognition) a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | method | ||
English verb: wrinkle | |||
| 1. | wrinkle (contact) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | ||
| Samples | Purse ones's lips. | ||
| Synonyms | purse | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contract | ||
| 2. | wrinkle (contact) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in | ||
| Samples | The dress got wrinkled. Crease the paper like this to make a crane. | ||
| Examples | They wrinkle the sheets | ||
| Synonyms | crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fold, fold up, turn up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, pucker, ruck, ruck up, rumple | ||
| 3. | wrinkle (contact) make wrinkled or creased | ||
| Samples | Furrow one's brow. | ||
| Synonyms | crease, furrow | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fold, fold up, turn up | ||
| 4. | wrinkle (change) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | ||
| Samples | This fabric won't wrinkle. | ||
| Examples | The sheets didn't wrinkle, These fabrics wrinkle easily | ||
| Synonyms | crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fold, fold up | ||
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