crinkle
crinkle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. The houscrinkled 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.
- 2.To turn or wind; ti run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in wavws; 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.
- 3.A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- cocker
- cockle
- corrugate
- corrugation
- crankle
- crease
- crimple
- crumple
- curl
- double
- doubling
- down
- duplicature
- ear
- elbow
- feet
- flexion
- flexure
- flounce
- flute
- fluted
- fold
- frizzle
- frounce
- gather
- hem
- joint
- lapel
- plait
- pleat
- plicate
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- pucker
- rimple
- rivel
- ruck
- ruffle
- rumple
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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