Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, marked with parallel and somewhat irregular raised lines; having wrinkles; rugose; corrugated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a surface
Uneven , with manyfurrows andprominent points, often in reference to the skin orhide of animals. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
wrinkle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of linens or clothes) not ironed
- adjective marked by wrinkles
Etymologies
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Examples
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A ghastly grin wrinkled his lips as he gazed on me, where I sat fulfilling the task which he had allotted to me.
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His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks.
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It does not matter if this project ends up a little wrinkled from the glue.
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His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks.
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A ghastly grin wrinkled his lips as he gazed on me, where I sat fulfilling the task which he had allotted to me.
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It does not matter if this project ends up a little wrinkled from the glue.
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But then the smell of her turned foul, her golden skin wrinkled and became an ashen gray, her once young and lovely face a grinning mask of horror and death.
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Y. someone a long long time in the future, in a galaxy far far away said ... you'd think that the emperor would know how to spell. but noooo ... too busy sitting around being sinister and wrinkled, is he?
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The result was that the suit was totally ruined by the shedding fluff of the car seat cover, shrunken and mis-shaped by the hot water, and totally wrinkled from the heavy wash cycle.
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The result was that the suit was totally ruined by the shedding fluff of the car seat cover, shrunken and mis-shaped by the hot water, and totally wrinkled from the heavy wash cycle.
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