wrinkle

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	method,
definition	:	a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) (noun.cognition)

2. a minor difficulty (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	difficulty,
definition	:	a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result (noun.cognition)

3. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	depression, impression, imprint,
definition	:	a concavity in a surface produced by pressing (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line,
definition	:	a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	dermatoglyphic,
definition	:	the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	frown line,
definition	:	a facial wrinkle associated with frowning (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	life line, lifeline, line of life,
definition	:	a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line,
definition	:	a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	line of destiny, line of fate, line of saturn,
definition	:	a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be (noun.shape)

part meronym	:	cutis, skin, tegument,
definition	:	a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch (noun.body)

4. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased (verb.change)

hypernym	:	fold, fold up,
definition	:	become folded or folded up (verb.change)

5. make wrinkled or creased (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	fold, fold up, turn up, fold, fold up, turn up,
definition	:	bend or lay so that one part covers the other (verb.contact)

6. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, rumple,
definition	:	to gather something into small wrinkles or folds (verb.contact)

hyponym	:	pucker, ruck, ruck up,
definition	:	become wrinkled or drawn together (verb.contact)

7. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	contract,
definition	:	make smaller (verb.contact)

8. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface (noun.shape)

derivation	:	crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle,
definition	:	become wrinkled or crumpled or creased (verb.change)

derivation	:	line,
definition	:	mark with lines (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crease, furrow, wrinkle,
definition	:	make wrinkled or creased (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle,
definition	:	make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in (verb.contact)

derivation	:	purse, wrinkle,
definition	:	gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavelike, wavy,
definition	:	uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves (adj.all)

9. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased (verb.change)

derivation	:	crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle,
definition	:	a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface (noun.shape)

10. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface (noun.shape)

derivation	:	crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle,
definition	:	become wrinkled or crumpled or creased (verb.change)

derivation	:	line,
definition	:	mark with lines (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crease, furrow, wrinkle,
definition	:	make wrinkled or creased (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle,
definition	:	make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in (verb.contact)

derivation	:	purse, wrinkle,
definition	:	gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavelike, wavy,
definition	:	uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves (adj.all)

11. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased (verb.change)

derivation	:	crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle, crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle,
definition	:	a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface (noun.shape)