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1. A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
   "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles";
   - furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
    
2. A minor difficulty
   "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
    
3. A clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

1. Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
   "wrinkle ones's lips";
   - purse
    
2. Make wrinkled or creased
   "wrinkle one's brow";
   - furrow, crease
    
3. Become wrinkled, crumpled or creased
   "This fabric won't wrinkle";
   - rumple, crumple, crease, crinkle
    
4. [archaic] Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; 'crisp' is archaic
   "The dress got wrinkled";
   - ruckle [archaic], crease [archaic], crinkle [archaic], scrunch [archaic], scrunch up [archaic], crisp [archaic]

Derived forms: wrinkling, wrinkled, wrinkles

Type of: contract, depression, difficulty, fold, fold up, impression, imprint, method, turn up

Part of: cutis, skin, tegument

Encyclopedia: Wrinkle