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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CREASE, n. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any thing; a hollow streak, like a groove.
CREASE, v.t. To make a crease or mark in a thing by folding or doubling.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of earlier creaste, from Middle English creste crest Date: 1578 1. a line, mark, or ridge made by or as if by folding a pliable substance 2. a specially marked area in various sports; especially an area surrounding or in front of a goal (as in lacrosse or hockey) • creaseless adjective II. verb (creased; creasing) Date: 1588 transitive verb 1. to make a crease in or on ; wrinkle <a smile creased her face> 2. to wound slightly especially by grazing <creased by a bullet> intransitive verb to become creased • creaser noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a line in paper etc. caused by folding. b a fold or wrinkle. 2 Cricket a line marking the position of the bowler or batsman (see POPPING-CREASE, bowling-crease). 3 an area near the goal in ice hockey or lacrosse into which the puck or the ball must precede the players. --v. 1 tr. make creases in (material). 2 intr. become creased (linen creases badly). 3 tr. & intr. sl. (often foll. by up) make or become incapable through laughter. 4 tr. esp. US sl. a tire out. b stun or kill. Etymology: earlier creast = CREST ridge in material 2. create v. 1 tr. a (of natural or historical forces) bring into existence; cause (poverty creates resentment). b (of a person or persons) make or cause (create a diversion; create a good impression). 2 tr. originate (an actor creates a part). 3 tr. invest (a person) with a rank (created him a lord). 4 intr. sl. Brit. make a fuss; grumble. Derivatives: creatable adj. Etymology: ME f. L creare

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crease Crease, n. (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's 1913 Dictionary

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.] From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian Hawthorne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crease Crease (kr[=e]s), n. See Creese. --Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. (Cricket) 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).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(creases, creasing, creased) 1. Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded. She stood up, frowning at the creases in her silk dress... Papa flattened the creases of the map with his broad hands. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. If cloth or paper creases or if you crease it, lines form in it when it is crushed or folded. Most outfits crease a bit when you are travelling... Liz sat down on the bed, lowering herself carefully so as not to crease her skirt. = crumple VERB: V, V n • creased His clothes were creased, as if he had slept in them. ADJ 3. Creases in someone's skin are lines which form where their skin folds when they move. When Crevecoeur smiled, the creases in his face deepened. = wrinkle N-COUNT • creased ...Jock's creased drunken face. ADJ 4. In cricket, the crease is a line on the playing surface where the batsman stands. Haynes was still at the crease, unbeaten on 84. N-SING: the N, poss N

Moby Thesaurus

autolithograph, be a printmaker, carve, character, chisel, cocker, cockle, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, creasing, cribble, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crisp, crosshatch, crumple, cut, dog-ear, double, double over, doubling, duplicature, enchase, enfold, engrave, flection, flexure, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, frill, furrow, gather, grave, groove, hatch, incise, infold, inscribe, interfold, knit, knot, lap over, lapel, lappet, line, lithograph, make prints, mark, plait, plat, pleat, plica, plicate, plication, plicature, ply, print, pucker, purse, quill, ridge, rimple, ripple, rivel, ruche, ruching, ruck, ruckle, ruff, ruffle, rumple, score, scrape, scratch, sculpture, shirr, stipple, tool, tuck, turn over, twill, wimple, wrinkle