English Dictionary: wrinkled | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wrinkle \Wrin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrinkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrinkling}.] 1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. [bd]Sport that wrinkled Care derides.[b8] --Milton. Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. --Pope. 2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. --Milton. Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. --Bryant. {To wrinkle at}, to sneer at. [Obs.] --Marston. |