"wrinkles" in the noun sense
1. wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
"his face has many lines"
"ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
2. wrinkle
a minor difficulty
"they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
3. wrinkle
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
"wrinkles" in the verb sense
1. purse, wrinkle
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds pucker
"purse ones's lips"
2. wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in `crisp' is archaic
"The dress got wrinkled"
"crease the paper like this to make a crane"
3. furrow, wrinkle, crease
make wrinkled or creased
"furrow one's brow"
4. rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
"This fabric won't wrinkle"
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