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  1. 1. n. A winkle. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. hence, any roughness; unevenness. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. a minor difficulty Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic Source: wordnet

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