wrinkling
Fabric getting rumpled
Wrinkling is the formation of wrinkles—small creases, folds, or ridges in a surface.
Skin wrinkles with age or prolonged water exposure; fabric wrinkles when compressed or stored carelessly.
The term extends to any surface that develops uneven texture: The paint is wrinkling because we applied it too thick.
Beyond the physical, wrinkling can describe a facial expression: She was wrinkling her nose at the smell.
Creating fold marks
- rumplingCreating wrinkles by handling
- crumplingCrushing into folds
- puckeringContracting into small folds
- bunchingGrouping tightly together
gathering · pleating · shirring · shrinkage · ironing · steaming · pressing · linen
Series of parallel ridges
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- puckerDraw into wrinkles
- rippleMinor surface disturbance
undulation · dimple · groove · crimp · ruffle · wave · plication · crease
Wrinkles at eye corners
- saggingBending downward weakly
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- collagenStructural body protein
jowls · mature · wizened · photoaging · dermatology · anti-aging · botox · retinol
creasing
Creating fold marks
- rumplingCreating wrinkles by handling
- crumplingCrushing into folds
- puckeringContracting into small folds
bunching · gathering · pleating · shirring · shrinkage · ironing · steaming · pressing · linen · cotton
corrugation
Series of parallel ridges
ripple · undulation · dimple · groove · crimp · ruffle · wave · plication · crease · buckle
crow's-feet
Wrinkles at eye corners
- saggingBending downward weakly
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
collagen · jowls · mature · wizened · photoaging · dermatology · anti-aging · botox · retinol · moisturizer
- fabric flawssnag, tear, hole, pilling, fray
- wear damageabrasion, fraying, pilling, thinning, threadbare
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
- laundry problemsstains, fading, lint, holes, tears
- texture changessmoothing, roughening, softening, hardening, cracking
wrinklingsmoothing
Reducing irregularities systematically
flattening · ironing · pressing · straightening · unwrinkling
wrinklingsmoothing
Reducing irregularities systematically
firming · rejuvenating · tightening · plumping · restoring
wrinklingflattening
Reducing to evenness
smoothing · unfolding · straightening · unfurling · spreading
- nose wrinklingScrunching up one's snout
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