◄ Wrinkle ►

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1. (n.) A winkle.

2. (n.) A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.

3. (n.) hence, any roughness; unevenness.

4. (n.) A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.

5. (v. t.) To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.

6. (v. t.) Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.

7. (v. i.) To shrink into furrows and ridges.

Thesaurus
abbreviate age bezel bonus bristle canal canalize carve chamfer channel chase cheat the undertaker chink chisel circumscribe coarct cocker cockle compact compress concentrate condense consolidate constrict constringe contract corrugate corrugation crack cramp crankle cranny craze crease crimp crimple crinkle crumple curtail cut dado decline decoration decrease dike ditch dodder draw draw in draw together engrave engraving extra extra added attraction extra dash fad faddiness faddishness faddism faddist fade fail filigree filling fillip flourish flute fluting fold frill furrow gash get along get on goffer gouge groove grow old gully incise incision knit knot lagniappe microgroove narrow novelty ornament padding pleat plica plow premium pucker pucker up purse rabbet rage reduce ridge rifle rifling rimple ripple rivel ruck ruckle ruffle rumple rut score scratch screw scrunch set on edge shake shirr shorten shrivel sink slit solidify something extra strangle strangulate streak stria striate striation stuffing sulcation sulcus superaddition totter trench trimming trough turn gray turn white twist wane waste away well-worn groove wimple wither wizen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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