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W0239800 (rĭng′kəl)n.1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.3. A different or unexpected development, action, or idea: "The 1973 War brought a new wrinkle to the face of battle ... the widespread use of rockets and guided missiles" (Bruce Watson).4. A problem or imperfection: The report had to be revised because of a few wrinkles.v. wrin·kled, wrin·kling, wrin·kles v.tr.1. To make wrinkles or a wrinkle in: My shirt was wrinkled after being so long in the suitcase.2. To draw up into wrinkles; pucker: wrinkled her nose in disdain.v.intr. To form wrinkles.

[Middle English, back-formation from wrinkled, wrinkled, probably from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian, to wind, crease; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

wrin′kly adj.

wrinkle

(ˈrɪŋkəl) na slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of agevbto make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering[C15: back formation from wrinkled, from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of wrinclian to wind around; related to Swedish vrinka to sprain, Lithuanian reñgti to twist. See wrench] ˈwrinkleless adj ˈwrinkly adj

wrinkle

(ˈrɪŋkəl) ninformal a clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge[Old English wrenc trick; related to Middle Low German wrank struggle, Middle High German ranc sudden turn. See wrench]

wrin•kle¹

(ˈrɪŋ kəl)

n., v. -kled, -kling. n. 1. a small furrow or crease in the skin, esp. of the face, as from aging or frowning. 2. a slight ridge or furrow, esp. in a fabric, due to folding or crushing. 3. problem; fault: still a few wrinkles to be worked out of the proposal. v.t. 4. to form wrinkles in. v.i. 5. to become wrinkled. [1375–1425; late Middle English (n.), back formation from wrinkled, Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian to wind round] wrin′kly, adj. -kli•er, -kli•est.

wrin•kle²

(ˈrɪŋ kəl)

n. innovation; trick: a new advertising wrinkle. [1375–1425; late Middle English, =wrinc trick (Old English wrenc; see wrench) + -le]

wrinkle

rugose - Means marked by rugae, or wrinkles, from Latin ruga, "wrinkle."
scrump, scrumple - Scrump is something withered or shriveled or dried up, and a scrumple is a wrinkle or crease.
crunkle - To crinkle, rumple, or wrinkle.
frounce - To wrinkle or fold.

wrinkle

Past participle: wrinkled
Gerund: wrinkling

Imperative
wrinkle
wrinkle

Present
I wrinkle
you wrinkle
he/she/it wrinkles
we wrinkle
you wrinkle
they wrinkle

Preterite
I wrinkled
you wrinkled
he/she/it wrinkled
we wrinkled
you wrinkled
they wrinkled

Present Continuous
I am wrinkling
you are wrinkling
he/she/it is wrinkling
we are wrinkling
you are wrinkling
they are wrinkling

Present Perfect
I have wrinkled
you have wrinkled
he/she/it has wrinkled
we have wrinkled
you have wrinkled
they have wrinkled

Past Continuous
I was wrinkling
you were wrinkling
he/she/it was wrinkling
we were wrinkling
you were wrinkling
they were wrinkling

Past Perfect
I had wrinkled
you had wrinkled
he/she/it had wrinkled
we had wrinkled
you had wrinkled
they had wrinkled

Future
I will wrinkle
you will wrinkle
he/she/it will wrinkle
we will wrinkle
you will wrinkle
they will wrinkle

Future Perfect
I will have wrinkled
you will have wrinkled
he/she/it will have wrinkled
we will have wrinkled
you will have wrinkled
they will have wrinkled

Future Continuous
I will be wrinkling
you will be wrinkling
he/she/it will be wrinkling
we will be wrinkling
you will be wrinkling
they will be wrinkling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wrinkling
you have been wrinkling
he/she/it has been wrinkling
we have been wrinkling
you have been wrinkling
they have been wrinkling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wrinkling
you will have been wrinkling
he/she/it will have been wrinkling
we will have been wrinkling
you will have been wrinkling
they will have been wrinkling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wrinkling
you had been wrinkling
he/she/it had been wrinkling
we had been wrinkling
you had been wrinkling
they had been wrinkling

Conditional
I would wrinkle
you would wrinkle
he/she/it would wrinkle
we would wrinkle
you would wrinkle
they would wrinkle

Past Conditional
I would have wrinkled
you would have wrinkled
he/she/it would have wrinkled
we would have wrinkled
you would have wrinkled
they would have wrinkled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wrinkle - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"crinkle, furrow, crease, seam, linecutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line - a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyesdermatoglyphic - the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet)frown line - a facial wrinkle associated with frowninglife line, lifeline, line of life - a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will liveheart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional natureline of destiny, line of fate, line of Saturn - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
	2.	wrinkle - a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
	3.	wrinkle - a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)method - a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
Verb	1.	wrinkle - gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"pursecontract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
	2.	wrinkle - 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"crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, scrunchfold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"ruck, ruck up, pucker - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"
	3.	wrinkle - make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"crease, furrowfold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
	4.	wrinkle - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"crinkle, rumple, crease, crumplefold up, fold - become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

wrinkle

noun1. line, fold, crease, furrow, pucker, crow's-foot, corrugation His face was covered with wrinkles.2. crease, gather, fold, crumple, furrow, rumple, pucker, crinkle, corrugation He noticed a wrinkle in the material.verb1. crease, line, gather, fold, crumple, ruck, furrow, rumple, pucker, crinkle, corrugate I wrinkled the velvet The skin around her eyes had begun to wrinkle.
crease level, press, iron, smooth, unfold, flatten, straighten, even out

wrinkle

noun1. A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another:crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, fold, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple.2. An indentation or seam on the skin, especially on the face:crease, crinkle, furrow, line.3. Informal. A clever, unexpected new trick or method:gimmick, twist.Informal: kicker.Slang: angle, kick.verbTo make irregular folds in, especially by pressing or twisting:crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, rimple, rumple.

Translations

皱纹使起皱纹

wrinkle

(ˈriŋkl) noun a small crease on the skin (usually on one's face). Her face is full of wrinkles.皱纹 verb to (cause to) become full of wrinkles or creases. The damp had wrinkled the pages. （使）起皱纹 ˈwrinkled adjective full of wrinkles. a wrinkled face.有皱纹的

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iron out the wrinkles (of/in something)

1. Literally, to remove wrinkles from something, especially a piece of fabric, using a flatiron. Your new dress shirt is all rumpled! You'll need to iron out the wrinkles before you go to the ceremony this evening. I have to iron out the wrinkles in this tablecloth before our guests arrive.2. By extension, to ease, solve, or remove minor difficulties, troubles, or problematic details (of or in something). (Sometimes worded as "some wrinkles," "a few wrinkles," etc.) Our latest software update is nearly finished—we just need to iron out a few wrinkles before it's ready for release. Your friends and family are great means of support when you need to iron out the wrinkles of your life. Bob and Janet are seeing a counselor to try and iron out the wrinkles in their marriage.See also: iron, out, wrinkle

iron the wrinkles out (of/in something)

1. Literally, to remove wrinkles from something, especially a piece of fabric, using a flatiron. Your new dress shirt is all rumpled! You'll need to iron the wrinkles out before you go to the ceremony this evening. I have to iron out the wrinkles in this tablecloth before our guests arrive.2. By extension, to ease, solve, or remove minor difficulties, troubles, or problematic details (of or in something). (Sometimes worded as "some wrinkles," "a few wrinkles," etc.) Our latest software update is nearly finished—we just need to iron a few wrinkles out before it's ready for release. Your friends and family are great means of support when you need to iron the wrinkles out in your life. Bob and Janet are seeing a counselor to try and iron some wrinkles out of their marriage.See also: iron, out, wrinkle

add a new wrinkle

To bring or contribute a new and often unexpected aspect, dimension, innovation, development, or stratagem (to something). If proven to be true, the discovery could add a new wrinkle to the way we think about the evolutionary process. Their new, and unorthodox, pitcher has added a new wrinkle to the team's offensive game.See also: add, new, wrinkle

a new wrinkle

A new and often unexpected aspect, dimension, innovation, development, or stratagem. If proven to be true, the discovery could signal a new wrinkle in the way we think about the evolutionary process. Their new, and unorthodox, pitcher has brought a new wrinkle to the team's offensive game.See also: new, wrinkle

penis wrinkle

vulgar slang A juvenile insult for someone one considers despicable. Said almost exclusively of a male. A: "I heard the CEO got 15 years in prison." B: "Good. That penis wrinkle deserves every single minute of it."See also: wrinkle

get the wrinkles out (of something)

1. Literally, to remove wrinkles from something, especially a piece of fabric, typically by using an iron or steamer. Your new dress shirt is all rumpled! You'll need to get the wrinkles out before you go to the ceremony this evening. I have to get the wrinkles out of this tablecloth before our guests arrive.2. By extension, to ease, solve, or remove minor difficulties, troubles, or problematic details (of or in something). (Sometimes worded as "some wrinkles," "a few wrinkles," etc.) Our latest software update is nearly finished—we just need to get a few more wrinkles out before it's ready for release. When you need to get the wrinkles out of your life, turn to your friends and family for help and support. Bob and Janet are seeing a counselor to try and get the wrinkles out of their marriage.See also: get, out, wrinkle

get the wrinkles out

(of something) 1. Lit. to remove the wrinkles from fabric by ironing or flattening in some way. This has been packed in my suitcase for a week, and I know I'll never be able to get the wrinkles out of it. 2. Fig. to eliminate some initial, minor problems with an invention, a procedure, a computer program, or a mechanical device. I need more time working with this system to get the wrinkles out.See also: get, out, wrinkle

wrinkle something up

to make something get wrinkles and creases. I love the way you wrinkle your nose up. Don't wrinkle up your jacket.See also: up, wrinkle

wrinkle up

[for something] to draw up in wrinkles; [for something] to become wrinkled. His nose wrinkled up as he smelled the burning pie. The cloth wrinkled up in the intense heat.See also: up, wrinkle

new wrinkle

A clever device or expedient, a novelty, as in The players added a new wrinkle to victory celebrations by tossing their shirts to the crowd after the game . In the form of simply a wrinkle, this expression dates from the mid-1700s, new being added two centuries later. See also: new, wrinkle

iron out the wrinkles

resolve all minor difficulties and snags. Iron out has been in figurative use since the mid 19th century; it often occurs with other nouns, especially differences . 1984 New Yorker Willa had sold her story to Universal Pictures and was in California ironing out some wrinkles in the deal. See also: iron, out, wrinkle

penis wrinkle

n. a despised person, usually a male. (Also a term of address.) Get out of here, penis wrinkle. See also: wrinkle

wrinkle

1. n. a new idea; a new aspect of something. Here’s a clever wrinkle for you. Nobody has ever tried this one. 2. n. a minor problem. A wrinkle has developed in the Wilson proposal.

wrinkle-rod

n. the crankshaft of an engine. A wrinkle-rod’ll set you back about $199, plus installation charges, of course.

new wrinkle, a

A happy expedient, a novel or different device. The transfer of “wrinkle” from rumpled clothing or age-lined skin took place in the 1800s, but the idea of novelty was added in the United States in the early 1900s. Jazz composer W. C. Handy used it in Father of the Blues (1941): “In addition to twirling their batons, they added the new wrinkle of tossing them back and forth.” This cliché is particularly popular with business journalists.See also: new

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noun a line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another

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noun an indentation or seam on the skin, especially on the face

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noun a clever, unexpected new trick or method

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verb to make irregular folds in, especially by pressing or twisting

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noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

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noun a minor difficulty

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noun a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

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verb gather or contract into wrinkles or folds

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verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface

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