wrinkle

[ UK /ɹˈɪŋkə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɪŋkəɫ/ ]

VERB

gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
purse ones's lips
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
This fabric won't wrinkle
make wrinkled or creased
furrow one's brow
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
crease the paper like this to make a crane
The dress got wrinkled

NOUN

a minor difficulty
they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
his face has many lines
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

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How To Use wrinkle In A Sentence

As we got closer, a face so old and cragged with such deep wrinkles they looked like sun-baked crevasses formed by thousand of years of standing in the wind and rain. Guanajuato restaurants
The last prisoner in the coffle was the tailor, a gray-haired, elderly man with a wrinkled face. The Magic of Krynn
Botox works by paralysing the muscles that make wrinkles. The Sun
His hair was starting to gray around the edges, and his eyes were sunken, hidden away behind bags and wrinkles that were now forming.
I'm used to Emily saying things like that, so I don't take any notice, just nod and pick up a bottle of peach nectar off the shelf, slosh it around, wrinkle my nose.
But as he neared the crux of his missive, he was suddenly interrupted by a flurry of black tresses and wrinkled muslin rushing into the room.
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His blue dress uniform was unwrinkled and perfect.
Wrinkles creased his furry muzzle, as though he was smelling something foul.
The dress got wrinkled