crease

(krēs)

noun

  1. a line, mark, or ridge made by folding and pressing cloth, paper, etc.: the crease in trousers
  2. a fold or wrinkle: creases in a jowl
  3. Cricket any of the lines that mark off the station of the batsman or of the bowler
  4. Hockey, Lacrosse an area marked off by lines in front of or around the goal cage, which cannot be entered by players on the offense except under certain conditions

Origin: earlier creaste, lit., ridge < ME creste, crece, crest

transitive verb creased, creasing

  1. to fold and make a crease in
  2. to wrinkle; muss
  3. ☆ to graze and injure slightly with a bullet

intransitive verb

to become creased

Related Forms:

noun

kris

See crease in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
  2. Sports
    a. A rectangular area marked off in front of the goal in hockey and lacrosse.
    b. One of the lines in cricket marking off the positions of the bowler and batter or the space between two of these lines.
verb creased creased, creas·ing, creas·es
verb, transitive
  1. To make a pressed, folded, or wrinkled line in.
  2. To graze or wound superficially with a bullet.
verb, intransitive
To become wrinkled.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of creaste

Origin: , perhaps from Middle English creste, ridge; see crest

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Related Forms:

  • creaseˈless adjective
  • creaseˈproofˌ adjective
  • creasˈer noun
  • creasˈy adjective

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