قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية
قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية
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Wrinkle
(n.)
A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the
shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a
crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.
Wrinkle
(n.)
hence, any roughness; unevenness.
Wrinkle
(n.)
A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle.
Wrinkle
(v. t.)
To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a
wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.
Wrinkle
(v. t.)
Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.
Wrinkle
(v. i.)
To shrink into furrows and ridges.
Wrinkled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wrinkle
Wrinkling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wrinkle
Wrinkly
(a.)
Full of wrinkles; having a tendency to be wrinkled;
corrugated; puckered.
Wrist
(n.)
The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and
the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.
Wrist
(n.)
A stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist
pin.
Wristband
(n.)
The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment,
which covers the wrist.
Wrister
(n.)
A covering for the wrist.
Wristlet
(n.)
An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose
of securing the upper part of a glove.
Writ
(obs.)
3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.
imp. & p. p. of Write.
Writ
(n.)
That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied
especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New
testaments; as, sacred writ.
Writ
(n.)
An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form,
issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or
nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a
writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of
return, of summons, and the like.
Writ
(Archaic imp. & p. p.)
of Write
Writability
(n.)
Ability or capacity to write.