WRINKLED

unironed, wrinkled

(adjective) (of linens or clothes) not ironed; “a pile of unironed laundry”; “wore unironed jeans”

wrinkled, wrinkly

(adjective) marked by wrinkles; “tired travelers in wrinkled clothes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

wrinkled (comparative more wrinkled, superlative most wrinkled)

(of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.

Synonyms: bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly, Thesaurus:wrinkled

Antonym: unwrinkled

Verb

wrinkled

simple past tense and past participle of wrinkle

Source: Wiktionary


WRINKLE

Wrin"kle, n.

Definition: A winkle. [Local, U.S.]

Wrin"kle, n. Etym: [OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga.

1. 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. "The wrinkles in my brows." Shak. Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. Emerson.

2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. Dryden.

3. Etym: [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. Wrench, n.]

Definition: A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [Colloq.]

Wrin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrinkling.]

1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. "Sport that wrinkled Care derides." Milton. Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. Pope.

2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. Milton. Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. Bryant. To wrinkle at, to sneer at. [Obs.] Marston.

Wrin"kle, v. i.

Definition: To shrink into furrows and ridges.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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14 March 2025

PARASITISM

(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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