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Definição e significado de wrinkle
Definição
wrinkle (n.)
1.a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
2.a minor difficulty"they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
3.a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface"his face has many lines" "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
wrinkle (v. trans.)
1.become wrinkled or crumpled or creased"This fabric won't wrinkle"
2.make wrinkled or creased"furrow one's brow"
3.make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in"The dress got wrinkled" "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
4.gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker"purse ones's lips"
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Merriam Webster
WrinkleWrin"kle (?), n. A winkle. [Local, U. S.]
WrinkleWrin"kle, n. [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. [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. Wrench, n.] A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [Colloq.]
WrinkleWrin"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.
WrinkleWrin"kle, v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges.
Sinónimos
wrinkle (n.)
contrivance, corrugation, crease, crinkle, crumple, dodge, fold, furrow, gimmick, ingenuity, knack, line, pucker, ruck, rumple, seam, sleight, trick
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wrinkle (v. trans.)
↘ creaseproof, crease-resistant, remove the creases, remove the wrinkles, smooth out, uncrushable, wrinkleproof, wrinkle-resistant ↗ braid, braiding, fold, plait, pleat, plica
wrinkle (n.)
↘ anti-ageing, anti-wrinkle, creaseproof, crease-resistant, uncrushable, wrinkleproof, wrinkle-resistant
Locuções
⇨ A Wrinkle in Time • A Wrinkle in Time (film) • A Wrinkle in the Skin • Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle Airport • Peter's Wrinkle-Lipped Bat • Wrinkle (skin) • Wrinkle-faced Bat • Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat • Wrinkle-ridge
Dicionario analógico
wrinkle (n.)
ruck; wrinkle; crease[ClasseHyper.]
wrinkle (n.)
wrinkle (n.)
method[Hyper.]
wrinkle (n.)
difficulty[Hyper.]
wrinkle (n.)
depression, impression, imprint, print[Hyper.]
crease, crinkle, crumple, crush, rumple, wrinkle - line - crease, furrow, wrinkle - crease, crinkle, crisp, crumple, crush, ruckle, rumple, screw up, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle - purse, wrinkle - crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavelike, wavy[Dérivé]
cutis, skin, tegument[Desc]
wrinkle (v. tr.)
couvrir de plis (fr)[Classe]
devenir couvert de plis (fr)[Classe]
wrinkle (v. tr.)
fold, fold up[Hyper.]
wrinkle (v. tr.)
couvrir de plis (fr)[Classe]
wrinkle (v. tr.)
déformer par des faux plis (fr)[Classe]
wrinkle (v. tr.)
couvrir de plis (fr)[Classe]
contract[Hyper.]
fold, plica - crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle[Dérivé]
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