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1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Wrinkles are lines which form on someone's face as they grow old. □  His face was covered with wrinkles.

2 VERB When someone's skin wrinkles or when something wrinkles it, lines start to form in it because the skin is getting old or damaged. □ [V ] The skin on her cheeks and around her eyes was beginning to wrinkle. □ [V n] …protection against the sun's rays that age and wrinkle the skin. ●  wrin|kled ADJ □  I did indeed look older and more wrinkled than ever.

3 N‑COUNT A wrinkle is a raised fold in a piece of cloth or paper that spoils its appearance. □ [+ in ] He noticed a wrinkle in her stocking.

4 VERB If cloth wrinkles , or if someone or something wrinkles it, it gets folds or lines in it. □ [V ] Her stockings wrinkled at the ankles. □ [V n] I wrinkled the velvet. ●  wrin|kled ADJ □  His suit was wrinkled and he looked very tired.

5 VERB When you wrinkle your nose or forehead, or when it wrinkles , you tighten the muscles in your face so that the skin folds. □ [V n] Frannie wrinkled her nose at her daughter. □ [V ] Ellen's face wrinkles as if she is about to sneeze.

wrin|kly /r I ŋkli/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A wrinkly surface has a lot of wrinkles on it. □  …wrinkly cotton and wool stockings.

wrist /r I st/ (wrists ) N‑COUNT Your wrist is the part of your body between your hand and your arm which bends when you move your hand.

wrist|watch /r I stwɒtʃ/ (wristwatches ) N‑COUNT A wristwatch is a watch with a strap which you wear round your wrist.

writ /r I t/ (writs ) N‑COUNT A writ is a legal document that orders a person to do a particular thing. □ [+ against ] He issued a writ against one of his accusers. [Also + for ]

write ◆◆◆ /ra I t/ (writes , writing , wrote , written )

1 VERB When you write something on a surface, you use something such as a pen or pencil to produce words, letters, or numbers on the surface. □ [V n adv/prep] If you'd like one, simply write your name and address on a postcard and send it to us. □ [V ] They were still trying to teach her to read and write. □ [V n] He wrote the word 'pride' in huge letters on the blackboard.

2 VERB If you write something such as a book, a poem, or a piece of music, you create it and record it on paper or perhaps on a computer. □ [V n] I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days. □ [V n] Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn't a problem. □ [V n + for ] Thereafter she wrote articles for papers and magazines in Paris. □ [V n n] Jung Lu wrote me a poem once.

3 VERB Someone who writes creates books, stories, or articles, usually for publication. □ [V ] Jay wanted to write. □ [V + for ] She writes for many papers, including the Sunday Times.

4 VERB When you write to someone or write them an email or a letter, you give them information, ask them something, or express your feelings in an email or letter. In American English, you can also write someone. □ [V + to ] Many people have written to me on this subject. □ [V n n] She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier. □ [V n + to ] I wrote a letter to the car rental agency, explaining what had happened. □ [V ] Why didn't you write, call, anything? □ [V n] He had written her in Italy but received no reply.

5nothing to write home about → see home ➊