- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.
- (n.) hence, any roughness; unevenness.
- (v.t.) Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.
- (v.i.) To shrink into furrows and ridges.
- (n.) A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.
- (n.) A winkle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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