wrinkle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
his face has many lines
Types & categories
- imprint hypernym
- laugh line hyponym
- dermatoglyphic hyponym
- frown line hyponym
- lifeline hyponym
- line of heart hyponym
- line of fate hyponym
Parts & wholes
- skin part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
purse ones's lips
Types & categories
- contract hypernym
Related & opposite
- wrinkle derivation
Sense 3 noun
a minor difficulty
they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
Types & categories
- difficulty hypernym
Sense 4 verb
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
The dress got wrinkled
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- wrinkle derivation
Sense 5 noun
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
Types & categories
- method hypernym
Sense 6 verb
make wrinkled or creased
furrow one's brow
Types & categories
- fold hypernym
Related & opposite
- wrinkle derivation
Sense 7 verb
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
This fabric won't wrinkle
Types & categories
- fold up hypernym
Related & opposite
- wrinkle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crinkle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | line |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | furrow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crease |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rippled |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | skin |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | imprint |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | laugh line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dermatoglyphic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | frown line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lifeline |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | line of heart |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | line of fate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contract |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | difficulty |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fold |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pucker |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruck |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | method |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | fold |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | fold up |