crease
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (4)creases, creased, creasing
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic“The dress got wrinkled”“crease the paper like this to make a crane”Synonyms: wrinklerucklecrinklescrunchscrunch upcrispMore general fold, fold upMore specific pucker
- make wrinkled or creased“furrow one's brow”Synonyms: furrowwrinkleMore general fold, fold up
- scrape gently“graze the skin”Synonyms: grazerakeMore general brushMore specific shave
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased“This fabric won't wrinkle”Synonyms: rumplecrumplewrinklecrinkleMore general fold, fold up
Noun (3)creases
- 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”Synonyms: foldplicationflexurecrimpbendType of angular shape, angularityKinds pleat, pucker, accordion fold, kink
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface“his face has many lines”“ironing gets rid of most wrinkles”Synonyms: wrinklefurrowcrinkleseamlineType of depression, impressionKinds line of fate, line of heart, line of life, frown line, head line, crow's foot, dermatoglyphicPart of skin, tegument
- a Malayan dagger with a wavy bladeSynonyms: kriscreeseType of dagger, sticker
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
See Creese. Alfred Tennyson
Origin: Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kräusen, 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.
2. Cricket One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
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.
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).
To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
Creased, like dog's ears in a folio.— Asa Gray
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement