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 →

2) A crinkle is a small fold or line, like in paper or skin. tree →

3) To crinkle can mean to make a soft crackling sound, like a crisp packet. tree →

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 →
• His eyes crinkled when he laughed. tree →
• The sweet wrapper crinkled in my hand. tree →
• Old paper crinkles when it gets wet. tree →
• We bought crinkle-cut chips. tree →
• There were tiny crinkles in the tissue paper. tree →
• Grandpa's face crinkled into a smile. tree →
• The leaves crinkled under our feet. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crinkle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.