'Crease' definitions:

Definition of 'crease'

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noun
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]
noun
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]
noun
A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese, crease]
verb
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]
verb
Make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: furrow, wrinkle, crease]
verb
Scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake]
verb
Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]

Definition of 'Crease'

From: GCIDE
  • Crease \Crease\ (kr[=e]s), n. See Creese. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crease'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 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). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crease'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'crease'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'crease'

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