CRINKLE Synonyms

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a minor difficulty

• a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

• gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• make wrinkled or creased

• become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

• disturb the smoothness of

• to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

• become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

• fold into ridges

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding

• someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

• a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

• make ridges into by pinching together

• curl tightly

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding

• a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

• a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock

• a group of sheep or goats

• a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

• a pen for sheep

• the act of folding

• bend or lay so that one part covers the other

• incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating

• cease to operate or cause to cease operating

• confine in a fold, like sheep

• become folded or folded up

• sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

• the act of gathering something

• assemble or get together

• collect in one place

• increase in amount by collecting or gathering

• conclude from evidence

• draw together into folds or puckers

• get people together

• draw and bring closer

• look for (food) in nature

• increase or develop

• an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

• to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

• draw together into folds or puckers

• become wrinkled or drawn together

• a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

• a high tight collar

• a noisy fight

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples

• trouble or vex

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

• discompose

• twitch or flutter

• mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

• erect or fluff up

• disturb the smoothness of

• pleat or gather into a ruffle

• a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• tender and brittle

• pleasantly cold and invigorating

• pleasingly firm and fresh

• (of hair) in small tight curls

• brief and to the point; effectively cut short

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• make brown and crisp by heating

• fall apart

• fold or collapse

• to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

• become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

• a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

• make wrinkled or creased

• cut a furrow into a columns

• a formation of people or things one beside another

• a mark that is long relative to its width

• a formation of people or things one behind another

• a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

• text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

• a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

• a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

• a connected series of events or actions or developments

• a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

• the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

• a telephone connection

• acting in conformity

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a particular kind of product or merchandise

• a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

• space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

• the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress

• a short personal letter

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

• be in line with; form a line along

• cover the interior of

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• mark with lines

• fill plentifully

• reinforce with fabric

• make a hoarse, rattling sound

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• a crunching noise

• make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

• sit on one's heels

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

• put together with a seam

• sit on one's heels

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic