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wrinkle - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" |
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furrow,
crease,
crinkle,
seam,
line |
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depression,
impression,
imprint pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
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cutis,
skin,
tegument an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
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crow's feet,
crow's foot,
laugh line a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
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dermatoglyphic the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)
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frown line a facial wrinkle associated with frowning
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lifeline,
life line,
line of life line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning
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heart line,
line of heart,
love line,
mensal line a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature
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line of destiny,
line of fate,
line of saturn a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
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wrinkle - a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) |
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method a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
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wrinkle - a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out" |
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difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
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| Verb |
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wrinkle - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" |
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ruckle,
crease,
crinkle,
scrunch,
crisp |
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fold,
fold up,
turn up incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
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cockle,
crumple,
knit,
pucker,
rumple make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf"
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pucker,
ruck,
ruck up to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"
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