CRINKLE

wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line

(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface; ā€œhis face has many linesā€; ā€œironing gets rid of most wrinklesā€

wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp

(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ā€˜crisp’ is archaic; ā€œThe dress got wrinkledā€; ā€œcrease the paper like this to make a craneā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

crinkle (third-person singular simple present crinkles, present participle crinkling, simple past and past participle crinkled)

(ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.

(intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

Noun

crinkle (plural crinkles)

A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.

Anagrams

• Clinker, clinker

Source: Wiktionary


Crin"kle (krn"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (-klng).] Etym: [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.]

Definition: To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. The houscrinkled to and fro. Chaucer. Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton. The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.

Crin"kle, v. i.

Definition: To turn or wind; ti run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in wavws; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved. The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge. And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. Mrs. Browning.

Crin"kle, n.

Definition: A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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