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# crinkle

«crinkle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to form many small folds or lines, or to make something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (crinkle, crinkles, crinkled, crinkling); noun (a crinkle, crinkles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To crinkle means to form many small folds or lines, or to make something do that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#m1)

2) A crinkle is a small fold or line, like in paper or skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#m2)

3) To crinkle can mean to make a soft crackling sound, like a crisp packet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life paper, foil and crisp packets crinkle; your nose crinkles when you smell something bad, and eyes crinkle at the corners when people smile. In stories it shows a face's expression or the sound of wrappers. Phrases: «crinkle your nose», «crinkle-cut chips/crisps», «crinkly paper».

### examples

- She crinkled her nose at the smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#x1)
- His eyes crinkled when he laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#x2)
- The sweet wrapper crinkled in my hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#x3)
- Old paper crinkles when it gets wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#x4)
- We bought crinkle-cut chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#x5)
- There were tiny crinkles in the tissue paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#x6)
- Grandpa's face crinkled into a smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#x7)
- The leaves crinkled under our feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: crinkled, crinkling (drop e). Adjective: crinkly. «Crinkle» means small soft folds; «crease» is a sharp fold line; «wrinkle» is often used for skin and cloth.

### In the corpora

- [A real smile usually crinkles the skin around the eyes, not just the mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crinkle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.