verb · transitive · rare

wrinkle

wrink·le

wrinkle · wrinkles · wrinkled · wrinkling

м'яти

мять, смять, морщиться, морщить

schrumpeln, verschrumpeln, runzeln, altern

To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinklesTo make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

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/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/

» Your shirt is wrinkled.

У тебя рубашка помята. — sharptoothed

У тебя рубашка мятая. — marafon

У Вас рубашка мятая. — marafon

Твоя сорочка пом'ята. — Ahha

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Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
zerknittern, runzeln, verschrumpeln
мятьmjatʹ, смина́тьsminátʹ, смятьsmjatʹ
make wrinkled or creased
(intransitive)To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.
schrumpeln, verschrumpeln
мо́рщитьmórščitʹ, смо́рщитьsmórščitʹ, мо́рщитьсяmórščitʹsja
(intransitive)To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.
runzelig werden, altern
(intransitive, obsolete)To sneer (at).

Examples

87 sentences

Your shirt is wrinkled.
Твоя сорочка пом'ята. — Ahha
ruУ тебя рубашка помята. — sharptoothed
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Your shirt is pretty wrinkled.
Твоя сорочка доволі зім'ята. — deniko
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You've got wrinkles.
У вас є зморшки. — Anjy
ruУ тебя морщины. — sharptoothed
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Tom was wearing a wrinkled shirt.
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The shirt you're wearing is really wrinkled.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles:

to pucker or become uneven or irregular:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles:

to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age:

Origin

From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attest

From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attested in past participle ġewrinclod (“wrinkled, crooked, winding”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch wronckelen, wrinckelen (“to wind, wrap, meander”), modern dialectal Dutch wrinkelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English runklen (“to wrinkle, become wrinkled”).

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Forms

wrinkles, wrinkling, wrinkled, wrinkled

Base form	wrinkle · to wrinkle
3rd person singular	wrinkles
Present participle	wrinkling
Past simple	wrinkled
Past participle	wrinkled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	wrinkle
he, she, it	wrinkles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

wrinkled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have wrinkled
he, she, it	has wrinkled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will wrinkle

Synonyms

10 synonyms

Close in meaning

make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic:ruckle crease crinkle scrunch scrunch up crisp
make wrinkled or creased:furrow crease
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker:purse
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased:rumple crumple crease crinkle

Word family

3 related words

Relatedunwrinkled wrinkle-free wrinkly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle