crinkle

[Crin·kle]

When you ball up a piece of paper in your hand, you crinkle it you make a smooth thing wrinkled.

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To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

Noun
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

Verb
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won''t wrinkle"

Verb
make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"


v. t.
To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

v. i.
To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

n.
A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.


Crinkle

Crin"kle (kr?n"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (-kl?ng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.
The hous crinkled to and fro.
Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled.
The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes.

Crinkle

Crin"kle, v. i. 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.
And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks.

Crinkle

Crin"kle, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double.

To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

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.

A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.

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