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Wrinkle

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crispnounSenses relating to curliness.
furrownounA trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
linenounA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
pursenounA small bag for carrying money.
crinklenounA wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
creasenounA line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
crumpleverb(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
scrunchverb(transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
scrunch upverb(informal, transitive) To scrunch one's face or a part of one's face.
seamnoun(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
rucklenounTo crease or wrinkle.
rumplenoun(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wrinkle"

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creasenounA line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
crumpleverb(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
rucklenounTo crease or wrinkle.
rumplenoun(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
crispnounSenses relating to curliness.
crinklenounA wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
scrunchverb(transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
pursenounA small bag for carrying money.
seamnoun(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
furrownounA trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
linenounA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
scrunch upverb(informal, transitive) To scrunch one's face or a part of one's face.
ripplenounA moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
rucknounA throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
roughnounNot smooth; uneven.
offendverb(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
rideverb(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
glitchnoun(countable) A problem affecting function.
ridgenounAny extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
conceptnounAn abstract and general idea; an abstraction.

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