crinkle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crinkle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for crinkle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crinkle n a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" Synonym(s): wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line v 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" Synonym(s): wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" Synonym(s): rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crinkle \Crin"kle\, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. --A. Tucker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crinkle \Crin"kle\ (kr[icr][nsm]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crinkled} (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crinkling} (-kl[icr]ng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. {Cringle}, {Cringe}.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. The house[?]s crinkled to and fro. --Chaucer. Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. --Skelton. The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. --Mrs. Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crinkle \Crin"kle\, v. i. To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved. The green wheat crinkles like a lake. --L. T. Trowbridge. And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. --Mrs. Browning.