dewrinkle

present singular third person dewrinkles · participle present dewrinkling · participle past dewrinkled · past dewrinkled

1. transitiveTo remove the wrinkles from; to smooth.

   They know how to work an unbelievable variety of little machines that peel, exfoliate, dermabrase, and claim to dewrinkle and smooth facial skin

   1976, Clara Pierre -, Looking Good: The Liberation of Fashion, page 106

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   Pulls and aligns heels, toes, and toe openings of hose, and lifts, extends, and smooths hose to dewrinkle and flatten edges and folds of hose legs.

   1991, Dictionary of Occupational Titles - Volume 1

   "Then you could be happy living there again?" he asked, hanging a rumpled dark suit in the bathroom and turning on a hot shower to dewrinkle it.

   2000, Tiffany White, Forbidden Fantasy, page 181

2. intransitiveTo become unwrinkled or less wrinkled.

   A balanced life might include frequent retreats to the country to destress and dewrinkle.

   2012, Lillian Bridges, Face Reading in Chinese Medicine, page xxv

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   Correspondingly, in macropore walls, carbon layers suddenly “dewrinkle” and become stiff"

   1979, Advances in Organic Geochemistry - Volume 9, page 509

   What you do need to know is that many wool blends dewrinkle quickly, wool crepe being the quickest and the most comfortable.

   1999, Michael Lafavore, Men's health today 1999, page 275