Wrinkling
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A pattern of wrinkles.
"The character of these wrinklings, when seen on the flat of the beds, forbids the idea that they are due to end on compression[…]"
- 2 The act of wrinkling.
"Would she be able to appreciate the subtlety of their advances, if they made any; those little twitches and twists of the lips, those narrowings and rollings of the eye, those wrinklings of the speculative temple, that shrugging of an eyebrow at play?"
- 1 present participle and gerund of wrinkle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples""Do you think this salmon's still all right to eat, Tom?" asked Mary. Tom regarded the fillet slices on the plate with suspicion, wrinkling his nose when he encountered a particular smell. "Best throw it away," he replied, doing so immediately."
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