CREASE

kris, creese, crease

(noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line

(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface; “his face has many lines”; “ironing gets rid of most wrinkles”

fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend

(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”

graze, crease, rake

(verb) scrape gently; “graze the skin”

furrow, wrinkle, crease

(verb) make wrinkled or creased; “furrow one’s brow”

wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

crease (plural creases)

A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

(cricket) One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.

(lacrosse) The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.

(ice hockey, handball) The goal crease; an area in front of each goal.

(Jamaican, slang) A crack.

Synonyms

• (handball: goal crease): zone

Verb

crease (third-person singular simple present creases, present participle creasing, simple past and past participle creased)

(transitive) To make a crease in; to wrinkle.

(intransitive) To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.

(transitive) To lightly bloody; to graze.

Etymology 2

Noun

crease (plural creases)

Archaic form of kris.

Verb

crease (third-person singular simple present creases, present participle creasing, simple past and past participle creased)

Archaic form of kris.

Anagrams

• Ceaser, Sarcee, recase, searce

Source: Wiktionary

Crease (krs), n.

Definition: See Creese. Tennison.

Crease, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kr, 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, howewer produced.

2. (Cricket)

Definition: One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker. 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).

Crease, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creased (krst); p. pr. & vb. n. Creasing.]

Definition: To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling. Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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