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

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

transitive verb creased, creasing creas′·ing

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

intransitive verb