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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crinkle \Crin"kle\ (kr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crinkled} (-k'ld); p. pr & vb n. {Crinkling} (-kl[i^]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. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crinkle n : a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "His face has many wrinkles" [syn: {wrinkle}, {furrow}, {crease}, {seam}, {line}] v 1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crease}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up}, {crisp}] 2: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crease}]
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