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wrinkled |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wrinkle \Wrin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrinkled}; p. pr & vb n. {Wrinkling}.] 1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in to corrugate; as wrinkle the skin or the brow. ``Sport that wrinkled Care derides.'' --Milton. Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. --Pope. 2. Hence to make rough or uneven in any way A keen north wind that blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. --Milton. Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. --Bryant. {To wrinkle at}, to sneer at [Obs.] --Marston. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wrinkled adj 1: marked with wrinkles or furrows; "her ancient wrinkled cheeks" [syn: {wrinkly}] 2: made or become wrinkled as by crushing or folding; "tired travelers in wrinkled clothes" [ant: {unwrinkled}] 3: (of linens or clothes) not ironed; "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans" [syn: {unironed}] [ant: {ironed}]
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