The meaning of Crinklier

adjective

(of a material or surface) shaped into a series of parallel ridges and grooves so as to give added rigidity and strength.

Usage examples:

Corrugated cardboard

verb

Contract or cause to contract into wrinkles or folds.

Usage examples:

Micky's brow corrugated in a simian frown

adjective

(esp. of sheets of iron and cardboard) having parallel rows of folds that look like a series of waves when seen from the edge

Usage examples:

Corrugated tin/cardboard

adjective

Marked by creases or wrinkles.

Usage examples:

A creased piece of paper

verb

Make a crease in (cloth or paper).

Usage examples:

He sank into the chair, careful not to crease his dinner jacket

adjective

With a crease or creases

Usage examples:

Can you iron my shirt? it's really creased.

verb

Compress (something) into small folds or ridges.

Usage examples:

She crimped the edge of the pie

noun

A folded or compressed edge.

Usage examples:

Anyway, hayley has pouffed her hair out into some ‘rock star’ curls and crimps, and she looks prett…

noun

A restriction or limitation.

Usage examples:

The crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised

adjective

Having small surface creases or wrinkles.

Usage examples:

A skirt in crinkled fabric

verb

Form into small surface creases or wrinkles.

Usage examples:

Rose's face crinkled in bewilderment

adjective

Covered in many small lines and folds

Usage examples:

A crinkled poster hung on the wall., its velvety flowers are crinkled, suggesting the wavy surface …

adjective

Crushed to form creases and wrinkles.

Usage examples:

A crumpled sheet

verb

Crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled.

Usage examples:

He crumpled up the paper bag

adjective

Full of folds

Usage examples:

Crumpled clothes, the crumpled charm of linen

adjective

Having flutes or grooves; ridged.

Usage examples:

Fluted pillars

verb

Speak in a melodious way.

Usage examples:

‘what do you do?’ she fluted

adjective

If an object, especially a round object, is fluted, its edges have many curves that go in and out

Usage examples:

A flan dish with fluted edges, fluted columns/pillars

adjective

(of land or earth) covered in long, narrow trenches formed by ploughing.

Usage examples:

Furrowed fields

verb

Make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something).

Usage examples:

Gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor

adjective

A forehead (= part of the face above the eyes) that has lines in the skin, usually caused by worry

verb

Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Usage examples:

As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun

A part of a garment that is gathered.

Usage examples:

This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combinati…

verb

Past simple and past participle of gather

Usage examples:

I went to several libraries to gather information about the plans., we gathered blueberries from th…

adjective

Having a groove or grooves.

Usage examples:

Grooved tyres

verb

Make a groove or grooves in.

Usage examples:

Deep lines grooved her face

adjective

Having a groove or grooves

verb

Form or cause to form a sharp twist or curve.

Usage examples:

The river kinks violently in a right angle

noun

A sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight.

Usage examples:

A kink in the road

noun

A crick in the neck.

Usage examples:

His neck had a kink from sleeping in one position for so long.

adjective

Involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour.

Usage examples:

No low-down, filthy, kinky behaviour, or even smutty talk.

adjective

Unusual, strange, and possibly exciting, especially in ways involving unusual sexual acts

Usage examples:

Kinky ideas/behaviour

adjective

Kinky hair forms tight curls (= curving shapes) in a zigzag (= like a z or a row of zs joined together) or s-shaped pattern from the scalp (= the part of the head where the hair grows)

Usage examples:

My hair is naturally kinky., she was one of the first models with short, kinky hair to feature in w…

verb

(especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds.

Usage examples:

The child's face puckered, ready to cry

noun

A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold.

Usage examples:

A pucker between his eyebrows

verb

Past simple and past participle of pucker

Usage examples:

He puckered his lips and kissed her., her mouth puckered and i thought she was going to cry., pucke…

adjective

Marked with or formed into narrow raised bands.

Usage examples:

The ridged sand of the beach

verb

Mark with or form into narrow raised bands.

Usage examples:

A field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly

verb

(of water) form or flow with a series of small waves on the surface.

Usage examples:

The mediterranean rippled and sparkled

noun

A small wave or series of waves on the surface of water, especially as caused by a slight breeze or an object dropping into it.

Usage examples:

He dived into the pool leaving barely a ripple

noun

A type of ice cream with wavy lines of coloured flavoured syrup running through it.

Usage examples:

A family block of raspberry ripple

adjective

Creased, ruffled, or dishevelled in appearance.

Usage examples:

A rumpled bed

verb

Give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to.

Usage examples:

The girl rumpled his thin streaky hair

adjective

Creased (= not smooth) and untidy

Usage examples:

A rumpled suit/sheet/bed, he hadn't brushed his hair and his clothes were rumpled.

adjective

Having a form or edge that smoothly curves in and out.

Usage examples:

She had long, wavy hair

adjective

Curving in shape, or having a series of curves

Usage examples:

Jasmine’s got wavy blond hair.

adjective

(especially of fabric or the skin) having wrinkles or slight folds.

Usage examples:

You just cannot look neat with wrinkled clothes

verb

Make or cause lines or folds in (something, especially fabric or the skin).

Usage examples:

His hands and face were wrinkled by age

adjective

(of skin) having small lines because of old age

Usage examples:

A wrinkled face

adjective

Having many lines or folds.

Usage examples:

Her thin, wrinkly face

noun

An old person.

Usage examples:

None of the wrinklies looked pleased to see their visitors

noun

An old person