Wrinkling - English meaning

Wrinkling – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Make or cause lines or folds in (something, especially fabric or the skin).
Usage examples:
His hands and face were wrinkled by age
Synonims:
Creased Wrinkly Lined Covered with lines Crinkled Crinkly Furrowed Grooved Ridged Crumpled Puckered Shrivelled Wizened Weather-beaten Time-worn Worn Leathery

noun
A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face.
Usage examples:
She smoothed out the wrinkles from her skirt

noun
A clever innovation, or useful piece of information or advice.
Usage examples:
Learning the wrinkles from someone more experienced saves time

noun
A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face.
Usage examples:
She smoothed out the wrinkles from her skirt

noun
A clever innovation, or useful piece of information or advice.
Usage examples:
Learning the wrinkles from someone more experienced saves time

noun
A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face.
Usage examples:
She smoothed out the wrinkles from her skirt

noun
A clever innovation, or useful piece of information or advice.
Usage examples:
Learning the wrinkles from someone more experienced saves time

noun
A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face.
Usage examples:
She smoothed out the wrinkles from her skirt

noun
A clever innovation, or useful piece of information or advice.
Usage examples:
Learning the wrinkles from someone more experienced saves time

noun
A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face.
Usage examples:
She smoothed out the wrinkles from her skirt

noun
A clever innovation, or useful piece of information or advice.
Usage examples:
Learning the wrinkles from someone more experienced saves time

verb
Present participle of wrinkle
Usage examples:
Sunbathing can prematurely age and wrinkle the skin., she wrinkled up her nose at the strange smell…

Wrinkling translation into English

Wrinkling: translate from English into Chinese

起皱, 皱, 起绉

Wrinkling: translate from English into Dutch

Rimpels, Rimpeling

Wrinkling: translate from English into French

Plissement, Rider, Plisser, Se rider, Froncer, Se ratatiner, Faire plis

Wrinkling: translate from English into German

Faltenbildung, Knittern, Runzeln, Verknittern, Kräuseln, Runzlig werden, Faltig machen, Runzlig machen, Verkrumpeln, Falten schlagen

Wrinkling: translate from English into Hindi

शिकन, सिकुड़ना

Wrinkling: translate from English into Italian

Increspato, Corrugamento

Wrinkling: translate from English into Korean

주름, 주름살지다

Wrinkling: translate from English into Russian

Морщинистый, Морщить, Сминаться, Морщиться, Морщиниться, Сминать, Морщинить, Мять, Мяться

Wrinkling: translate from English into Spanish

Arrugas, Arrugar, Arrugarse

Word origin

late Middle English: origin obscure, possibly a back-formation from the Old English past participle gewrinclod ‘sinuous’ (of which no infinitive is recorded).

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Wrinkling – similar words

wrinkled

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

Wrinkled - all meanings in English

wrinkle

noun
A slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face.
Usage examples:
She smoothed out the wrinkles from her skirt

verb
Make or cause lines or folds in (something, especially fabric or the skin).
Usage examples:
His hands and face were wrinkled by age

noun
A small line in the skin, or a small fold in cloth
Usage examples:
You need to iron out the wrinkles in your skirt., fig. we still need to iron out a few wrinkles (= …

Wrinkle - all meanings in English

Wrinkling synonims

creased

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.

Creased - all meanings in English

crinkled

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 …

Crinkled - all meanings in English

crinkly

adjective
Full of creases or wrinkles; wrinkled.
Usage examples:
Brown crinkly paper

adjective
Used to say something is covered in many small lines and folds
Usage examples:
Rhubarb chard has luminous red stems and dark, crinkly leaves., she wore a crinkly green silk dress.

Crinkly - all meanings in English

crumpled

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

Crumpled - all meanings in English

furrowed

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

Furrowed - all meanings in English

grooved

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

Grooved - all meanings in English

leathery

adjective
Having a tough, hard texture like leather.
Usage examples:
Brown, leathery skin

adjective
With the look and feel of leather
Usage examples:
Leathery skin/hands

Leathery - all meanings in English

lined

adjective
Marked or covered with lines.
Usage examples:
A sheet of lined paper

verb
Stand or be positioned at intervals along.
Usage examples:
A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb
Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.
Usage examples:
A basket lined with polythene

Lined - all meanings in English

puckered

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…

Puckered - all meanings in English

ridged

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

Ridged - all meanings in English

shrivelled

adjective
Wrinkled and shrunken, especially as a result of loss of moisture or old age.
Usage examples:
A handful of shrivelled leaves

verb
Wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture.
Usage examples:
The flowers simply shrivelled up

Shrivelled - all meanings in English

weather-beaten

adjective
Not having been protected from sun, wind, or rain and so marked or damaged by them
Usage examples:
The fisherman had a weather-beaten face.

Weather-beaten - all meanings in English

wizened

adjective
Shrivelled or wrinkled with age.
Usage examples:
A wizened, weather-beaten old man

adjective
Having dry skin showing many lines, esp. because of old age
Usage examples:
A wizened old man

Wizened - all meanings in English

worn

adjective
Past participle of wear1.

verb
Have (something) on one's body as clothing, decoration, or protection.
Usage examples:
He was wearing a dark suit

Worn - all meanings in English

wrinkly

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

Wrinkly - all meanings in English

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