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uncrinkle

uncrinkle verb: to unfold from a crinkled state.

Verb

uncrinkle (third-person singular simple present uncrinkles, present participle uncrinkling, simple past and past participle uncrinkled)

  1. To unfold from a crinkled state.
    • Engulfed by the sound of uncrinkling candy wrappers: Off. Surrounded by tattoos and Obama buttons: Off Off.2008 May 4, Charles Isherwood, “When Off Meets Off Off, Creative Ferment Is On”, in New York Times

Forms of uncrinkle

third-person singular presentuncrinkles
present participleuncrinkling
past participleuncrinkled
pastuncrinkled

Origin of uncrinkle

From un- + crinkle.

Questions about uncrinkle

What does uncrinkle mean?
Uncrinkle means to unfold from a crinkled state.
What part of speech is uncrinkle?
Uncrinkle is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncrinkle?
The past tense of uncrinkle is uncrinkled.

Words near uncrinkle in the dictionary

  1. uncriminally
  2. uncrimp
  3. uncrimped
  4. uncrimping
  5. uncrimps
  6. uncrinkle
  7. uncrinkled
  8. uncrinkles
  9. uncrinkling
  10. uncripple
  11. uncrippled

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