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# wrinkle

noun (a wrinkle, wrinkles); verb (wrinkle, wrinkles, wrinkled, wrinkling)

«wrinkle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wrinkle is a small line or fold in skin, cloth or paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#m1)
2. To wrinkle is to make or get such lines, as when you wrinkle your nose or a shirt gets creased. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#m2)
3. Informally, a wrinkle is a small problem or a clever new idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, skin gets wrinkles with age; fingers wrinkle in water. In everyday life, ironing removes wrinkles from clothes. In stories, someone wrinkles their nose at a bad smell to show dislike. Phrases: «wrinkle your nose», «iron out the wrinkles», «wrinkled skin».

### Examples

- Grandma has wrinkles around her eyes when she smiles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#x1)
- My fingers wrinkle after a long bath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#x2)
- He wrinkled his nose at the smell of the bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#x3)
- Iron the shirt to get rid of the wrinkles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#x4)
- The old map was full of wrinkles and folds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#x5)
- We still need to iron out a few wrinkles in our plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#x6)
- But every hundred years there came a wrinkle on my face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun; regular verb: wrinkled, wrinkling (drop the e). The w is silent. Adjective «wrinkly». Wrinkles in skin are normal with age, not a sign of illness.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wrinkle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrinkle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wrinkle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrinkle.html) on Mova free.