noun
- a line, mark, or ridge made by folding and pressing cloth, paper, etc.: the crease in trousers
- a fold or wrinkle: creases in a jowl
- Cricket any of the lines that mark off the station of the batsman or of the bowler
- 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
- to fold and make a crease in
- to wrinkle; muss
- ☆ to graze and injure slightly with a bullet