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- pronunciation:
- rIng
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a crease or ridge on a normally flat surface such as cloth or skin.
The suitcase had been packed too tightly and all the clothes had wrinkles.He noticed deep wrinkles in his forehead.- synonyms:
- crease, crumple, pucker
- similar words:
- corrugation, crimp, crinkle, fold, gather, pleat, ridge, rumple, tuck
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| definition 2: |
(informal) a minor problem or obstacle.
A few wrinkles need to be ironed out before we can proceed.- synonyms:
- catch, complication, drawback, flaw, glitch, hitch, impediment, kink, rub, snag
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| related words: |
fold, tuck |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
wrinkles, wrinkling, wrinkled |
| definition 1: |
to make or cause wrinkles in.
Sitting at the concert wrinkled the back of her skirt.- synonyms:
- crease, crinkle, crumple, pucker, rumple
- similar words:
- corrugate, crimp, furrow, gather, knit, muss, purse, ridge
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| definition 2: |
to draw up (the nose) in wrinkles; pucker.
The baby wrinkled her nose at the smell of the carrots.- synonyms:
- pucker
- similar words:
- crinkle
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| related words: |
muss, ridge, shrivel, tuck |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to form or acquire wrinkles.
Linen wrinkles easily.- synonyms:
- crease, crumple, knit, pucker, rumple
- similar words:
- crush, ridge
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| related words: |
ridge |
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| derivations: |
wrinkleless (adj.), wrinkly (adj.) |
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