[syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crease \Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creased (kr?st); p. pr. &
vb. n. Creasing.]
To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
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Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crease \Crease\ (kr[=e]s), n.
See Creese. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crease \Crease\, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness,
krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh.
of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to
wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,
crease.]
1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable
substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
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2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of
the bowler and the striker.
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3. (Lacrosse) The combination of four lines forming a
rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space
itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless
the ball is there; -- called also goal crease.
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Bowling crease (Cricket), a line extending three feet four
inches on each side of the central strings at right angles
to the line between the wickets.
Return crease (Cricket), a short line at each end of the
bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward
the bowler.
Popping crease (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the
wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling
crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh
(Encyc. of Rural Sports).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Creese \Creese\ (kr[=e]s), n. [Malay. kris.]
A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a
serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris.]
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From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian
Hawthorne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crease
n 1: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the
napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her
blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
[syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp,
bend]
2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face
has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn:
wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line]
3: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese,
crease]
v 1: 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"
[syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch,
scrunch up, crisp]
2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow,
wrinkle, crease]
3: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease,
rake]
4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease,
crinkle]