to unwrinkle
3.3
To make fabric smooth by removing folds
- verb
- /ʌnˈrɪŋkəl/
:
alisar
- It's like a fast way to unwrinkle your clothes.
Examples
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After washing, I always unwrinkle my clothes with an iron.
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You can unwrinkle your shirt quickly with a steam iron.
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She used a roller to unwrinkle the fabric before sewing it.
Synonyms
to iron out
vsto unwrinkle
1
3.1
Press and smooth clothes with a hot metal tool to remove wrinkles
covers smoothing by any method beyond only ironing
to uncrumple
vsto unwrinkle
4.4
To make paper or cloth smooth again after it becomes wrinkled
is used to remove wrinkles in general not only after crumpling
to unpucker
vsto unwrinkle
7.9
Smooth a wrinkled area of skin, fabric, or lips
focuses on removing all wrinkles rather than just releasing puckers
smoothed
vsto unwrinkle
1.9
Made smooth by ironing or pressing
refers to making something smooth specifically to remove wrinkles
smoothened
vsto unwrinkle
3.9
Having a flat, even surface after ironing or rubbing
is used more for removing wrinkles from material than general smoothing
to smoothen
vsto unwrinkle
4.3
To make a surface flat and even by rubbing or polishing
focuses on removing fabric wrinkles specifically rather than general smoothing
to shake out the wrinkle
vsto unwrinkle
3.0
Remove small folds from clothes by shaking them
is for general smoothing that may use other methods than shaking
Antonyms
How Smooth
Surface Forms
unwrinkle infinitive
unwrinkled past
unwrinkled past participle
unwrinkling present participle
unwrinkles third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
Unwrinkle combines the un- part, meaning 'reverse', and wrinkle, meaning 'a fold or crease in cloth'. So to unwrinkle something is to 'remove the fold' and make the fabric smooth.