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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

uncrinkle en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + crinkle.

Meanings

  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

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uncrinkled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uncrinkled Tense=Past lexicographic
uncrinkling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uncrinkles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic