WRINKLE, noun [G.] 1. A small ridge or prominence, or a furrow, formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; corrugation; a crease; as wrinkles in the face or skin. 2. A fold or rumple in cloth. 3. Roughness; unevenness. Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. WRINKLE, verb transitive 1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to corrugate; as, to wrinkle the skin; to wrinkle the brow. Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayd. 2. To make rough or uneven. A keen north wind, blowing dry, wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayd. WRINKLE, verb intransitive To shrink into furrows and ridges.
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