wrinkle

nouns

a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
"his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
a minor difficulty
"they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
is a type of (narrower)
a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
"serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
is a type of (narrower)
a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

verbs

gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
"purse ones's lips"
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
"The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
make wrinkled or creased
"furrow one's brow"
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
"This fabric won't wrinkle"