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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wrinkle \Wrin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrinkling}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. [1913 Webster] A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. --Bryant. [1913 Webster] {To wrinkle at}, to sneer at. [Obs.] --Marston. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wrinkle \Wrin"kle\, n. A winkle. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wrinkle \Wrin"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. ????.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. [1913 Webster] Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wrinkle \Wrin"kle\, v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: wrinkle n 1: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: {wrinkle}, {furrow}, {crease}, {crinkle}, {seam}, {line}] 2: a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out" 3: a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) v 1: gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips" [syn: {purse}, {wrinkle}] 2: 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" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crease}, {crinkle}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up}, {crisp}] 3: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: {furrow}, {wrinkle}, {crease}] 4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crease}, {crinkle}]