wrinkle

About 0.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
2. noun A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.

   Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.

3. noun A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.

   We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it.

4. noun A twist on something existing; a novel difference.

   We've added a couple of new wrinkles to the policy.

5. verb To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

   Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.

6. verb To pucker or become uneven or irregular.

   An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.

7. verb To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.

   The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.

8. verb To sneer (at).

Similar words

crease crumple ruckle rumple crisp crinkle scrunch purse seam furrow

Often followed by

in or of on and the to up his

Word family

wrinkled wrinkles wrinklier wrinkliest wrinkling wrinkly