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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fold |
| Synonyms: | bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove*, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fold, wrinkle |
| Synonyms: | bend, bulge, cockle, corrugation, furrow, groove, line, overlap, pleat, plica, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruck, rugosity, tuck |
| Main Entry: | crimp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fold or curl |
| Synonyms: | coil, crease, crimple, crinkle, crisp, crumple, flow, frizz, pleat, rimple, ruck, screw, scrunch, set, swirl, undulate, wave, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | crumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become wrinkled |
| Synonyms: | break down, buckle, cave in, collapse, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, give way, go to pieces, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | double thickness |
| Synonyms: | bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | furrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ditch |
| Synonyms: | channel, corrugation, crease, crinkle, crow's-foot, dike, fluting, fold, groove, gutter, hollow, line, plica, rabbet, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruck, rut, seam, trench, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | ridge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | raised part of solid |
| Synonyms: | backbone, chine, corrugation, crease, crinkle, elevation, esker, fold, furrow, hill, hogback, moraine, parapet, plica, pole, range, rib, rim, rimple, rivel, ruck, seam, spine, upland, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | flat, plain |
| Main Entry: | screw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist, contort |
| Synonyms: | contract, crimp, crinkle, crumple, distort, pucker, rimple, ruck up, rumple, scrunch, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | unscrew, untwist |
| Main Entry: | wrinkle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crinkle, fold |
| Synonyms: | contraction, corrugation, crease, crow's-foot, crumple, depression, furrow, gather, line, pleat, plica, pucker, ridge, rimple, rumple, tuck |
| Antonyms: | smoothness |
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