From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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The green wheat crinkles like a lake. --L. T.
Trowbridge.
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And all the rooms
Were full of crinkling silks. --Mrs.
Browning.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crinkle \Crin"kle\, n.
A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
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The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear
double. --A. Tucker.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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The house?s crinkled to and fro. --Chaucer.
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Her face all bowsy,
Comely crinkled,
Wondrously wrinkled. --Skelton.
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The flames through all the casements pushing forth,
Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. --Mrs.
Browning.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crinkle
n 1: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his
face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam,
line]
v 1: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a
pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got
wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
[syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch,
scrunch up, crisp]
2: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease,
crinkle]