to crinkle

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A wrinkle, fold, crease or unevenness

He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.

To fold, crease, crumple, or wad

He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.

{v} to run in wrinkles or folds, to wind
{n} a wrinkle, a winding, a fold
{i} crease, wrinkle; rustling sound
Crinkles are small creases or folds. a thin fold, especially in your skin or on cloth, paper etc
A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity
make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"
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
To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl
If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded. He shrugged whimsically, his eyes crinkling behind his glasses When she laughs, she crinkles her perfectly-formed nose
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
{f} crease, rumple, wrinkle; make a rustling sound
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
to crinkle
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