What does crinkle mean?
Crinkle means (ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad..
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/ˈkɹɪŋkəl/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad..
He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.
The green wheat crinkles like a lake.
All the rooms were full of crinkling silks.
He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.
Use crinkle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crinkle means (ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad..
Common synonyms include crisp, furrow, line, crease.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
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