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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hair & beauty , Clothes wrinklewrin‧kle1 /ˈrɪŋkəl/ noun [countable] 1 DCBLINEwrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old Her face was a mass of wrinkles.2 DCCLINEa small untidy fold in a piece of clothing or paper SYN crease She walked over to the bed and smoothed out the wrinkles.3 → iron out the wrinkles —wrinkly adjective her thin, wrinkly faceExamples from the Corpuswrinkle• It's made from a special fabric that doesn't leave any wrinkles after you wash it.• In the world of beauty, wrinkles are big business.• Her face was old and covered in wrinkles.• Rather well, with some odd wrinkles, would be my verdict.• My skirt's full of wrinkles.• J., drug maker will begin marketing Renova, its new brand name for the prescription wrinkle cream, by February.• It's designed to gently exercise the small, delicate facial muscles to help prevent wrinkles and sagging.• In other accounts, Pliny the Elder wrote that Persian women massaged their faces with yogurt to prevent wrinkles.• Indeed, as he shut the car door, he brushed at one sleeve as if to remove wrinkles as well as fluff.• If you hang that dress over the bath, the steam will get the wrinkles out.• Sure, there are a few unusual wrinkles. Related topics: Human wrinklewrinkle2 verb 1 HBHMOVE/CHANGE POSITION[intransitive, transitive] (also wrinkle up) if you wrinkle a part of your face, or if it wrinkles, small lines appear on it Alex wrinkled up her nose at the smell. Carter wrinkled his forehead in concentration. His brow wrinkled when he saw us.2 [intransitive]LINE if a piece of clothing wrinkles, it gets small untidy folds in it SYN crease The trouble with linen is that it wrinkles so easily.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpuswrinkle• With slow wrinkling his stiff face relaxed now and then into a feminine tender smile.• My blue jacket wrinkles too easily.• Isobel looked up and laughed herself, her nose wrinkling up like a child's.wrinkled ... nose• He sniffed the breeches and wrinkled his nose.• She wrinkled her nose against it, then went upstairs and into Jessie's room.• He wrinkled his nose as if the smell was still in his nostrils.• He wrinkled his nose at the smells, thinking that the cowardly little wretches were trying to keep out of his way.• Stephen wrinkled his nose in disapproval.• She sniffed them, wrinkled up her nose in disgust.• He wrinkled his nose in distaste at the acrid smell of the place.• Meredith tried her tea and wrinkled her nose up in distaste.Origin wrinkle1 (1300-1400) wrinkled "twisted, winding" ((14-16 centuries)), probably from Old English gewrinclian "to wind"
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Verb table
wrinkle
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they wrinkle
he, she, it wrinkles
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they wrinkled
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have wrinkled
he, she, it has wrinkled
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had wrinkled
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will wrinkle
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have wrinkled
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Continuous Form
Present
I am wrinkling
he, she, it is wrinkling
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you, we, they are wrinkling
Past
I, he, she, it was wrinkling
you, we, they were wrinkling
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been wrinkling
he, she, it has been wrinkling
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been wrinkling
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be wrinkling
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been wrinkling
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