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crease (kr

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.

v. creased, creas·ing, creas·es

v.tr.

1. To make a pressed, folded, or wrinkled line in.

2. To graze or wound superficially with a bullet.

v.intr.

To become wrinkled.

[Alteration of creaste, perhaps from Middle English creste, ridge; see crest.]

creaseless adj.

creaseproof adj.

creaser n.

creasy adj.

crease¹

1. a line or mark produced by folding, pressing, or wrinkling

2. a wrinkle or furrow, esp on the face

3. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket any three lines near each wicket marking positions for the bowler or batsman See also bowling crease, popping crease, return crease

4. (Team Sports / Hockey (Field & Ice)) Ice hockey the small rectangular area in front of each goal cage

5. (Team Sports / Lacrosse) Also called goal crease Lacrosse the circular area surrounding the goal

1. to make or become wrinkled or furrowed

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to graze with a bullet, causing superficial injury

3. (often foll by up) Slang to be or cause to be greatly amused

[from earlier crēst; probably related to Old French cresté wrinkled]

creaseless adj

creaser n

creasy adj

crease²

(Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a rare spelling of kris

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	crease - 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" crimp, fold, plication, flexure, bend pleat, plait - any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape angular shape, angularity - a shape having one or more sharp angles twirl, kink, twist - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight pucker, ruck - an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
	2.	crease - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" crinkle, wrinkle, seam, furrow, line cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line - a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes dermatoglyphic - the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) frown line - a facial wrinkle associated with frowning life line, lifeline, line of life - a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature line of destiny, line of fate, line of Saturn - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
	3.	crease - a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade creese, kris dagger, sticker - a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
Verb	1.	crease - 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" crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle, scrunch fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" ruck, ruck up, pucker - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"
	2.	crease - make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" furrow, wrinkle fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
	3.	crease - scrape gently; "graze the skin" graze, rake brush - touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly" shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"
	4.	crease - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" crinkle, rumple, wrinkle, crumple fold up, fold - become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

crease

noun

1. fold, ruck, line, tuck, ridge, groove, pucker, corrugation She frowned at the creases in her silk dress.

2. wrinkle, line, crow's-foot There were tiny creases at the corner of his eyes.

verb

1. crumple, rumple, pucker, crinkle, fold, ridge, double up, crimp, ruck up, corrugate Most outfits crease a bit when you're travelling. Liz sat down carefully, so as not to crease her skirt.

2. wrinkle, crumple, screw up His face creased with mirth.

Translations

crease [kriːs]

A. N

1. (= fold) → raya f; (= wrinkle) → arruga f

2. (Cricket) → línea f de bateo

B. VT [+ paper] → doblar; (esp several times) → plegar; [+ clothes] → arrugar
to crease one's trousers (= press crease in) → hacer la raya a los pantalones

C. VI → arrugarse

crease up (Brit)

A. VT + ADV he was creased up (with laughter) → se tronchaba(de risa)

B. VI + ADV he creased up (with laughter) → se tronchaba(de risa)

crease [ˈkriːs]

(= wrinkle) (in garment) → faux pli m; (in skin) → ride f

(= fold) (in paper) → pli m; (in trouser leg) → pli m

vt [+ garment] → froisser, chiffonner; [+ paper] → chiffonner

[fabric, garment] → se froisser, se chiffonner

[face] → se contracter
to crease with laughter → se plisser sous l'effet du rire

crease

→ Falte f; (= deliberate fold, in material also) → Kniff m; (in paper also) → Falz m, → Kniff m; (ironed: in trousers etc) → (Bügel)falte f; to be a mass of creases → völlig zerknittert sein; to put a crease in a pair of trousers → eine Falte in eine Hose bügeln

(Sport) → Linie f

vt (deliberately) clothes → Falten/eine Falte machen in (+acc); material, paper → Kniffe/einen Kniff machen in (+acc); paper → falzen; (unintentionally) → zerknittern; smartly creased trousers → Hosen mit sauberen Bügelfalten

vi → knittern; his face creased with laughter → er fing an zu lachen

crease [kriːs]

1. n (fold, in trousers) → piega; (wrinkle, in cloth) → grinza; (in face) → ruga, grinza

2. vt → sgualcire, spiegazzare
his face was creased with laughter → aveva il volto contratto dalle risate

3. vi → sgualcirsi

crease [kriːs]

1. n (fold, in trousers) → piega; (wrinkle, in cloth) → grinza; (in face) → ruga, grinza

2. vt → sgualcire, spiegazzare
his face was creased with laughter → aveva il volto contratto dalle risate

3. vi → sgualcirsi

crease

n crease [kriːs]

1 a mark made by folding or doubling something a smart crease in his trousers; My dress was full of creases after being in my suitcase. vou, plooi ثِنْيَـه، تَجَعُّد гънка puk, zmačkání pressefold; fold; krølle die Falte ζάρα arruga, pliegue, raya volt, korts, viik چین و چروک laskos, taite, prässi pli קֶמֶט सिकुड़न, चुन्नट का चिह्न nabor gyűrődés lipatan brot, krumpa piega, sgualcitura 折り目 주름 kantas, klostė, raukšlė kroka; krunka; ieloce; iegludināta vīle (biksēs) kesan renyuk vouw, kreukel pressefold, rynke, krøll fałda, zmarszczka vinco cută складка záhyb; puk guba nabor veck, pressveck รอยพับ kırışık; ütü çizgisi 摺痕，皺摺 зморшка; складка سلوٹ، شکن nếp gấp 折痕

2 in cricket, a line showing the position of the batsman or bowler. kolfstreep خَط أبيَض عَلى أرض مَلعَب الكريكيت линия, показваща позицията на батсмана в голфа čára určující území hráče markeringslinie for slåer die Torlinie línea väravajoon, söödujoon خطی که مکان چوگان زن یا توپگیر را مشخص می کند raja ligne (de craie) קַו לָבָן क्रिकेट के खेल में बल्लेबाज और गेंद फेकने वाले की सीमा položaj u kriketu vonal batas marklína (linea che indica la posizione del lanciatore o quella del battitore) 限界線 (크리켓) 투수, 타자선 linija paduk crease linia linha da área черта (v krikete) čiara určujúca územie hráča črta mesto za igrača เส้นแสดงตำแหน่งผู้ตีหรือผู้ขว้างบอล (กีฬาคริกเก็ต) bölge çizgisi （板球）投球線，擊球線 лінія м'яча کریز vạch trắng ở hai đầu sân （板球）位置线，区域线

to make or become creased You've creased my newspaper; This fabric creases easily. vou, plooi, kreukel يُجَعِّد، يُغَضِّن мачкам (се) zmačkat; mačkat se folde; krølle zerknittern ζαρώνω, τσαλακώνω arrugar(se) kortsutama, kortsuma تا دار کردن؛ چروک کردن taittaa, rypistyä (se) froisser לְקַמֵט कपड़े पर चुन्नट डालना gužvati se (össze)gyűr melipat krumpa spiegazzare, sgualcire しわくちゃにする 주름지게하다 glamžyti(s), raukšlėti(s) []burzīt; burzīties; ielocīt; iegludināt (vīli) mengedutkan kreukelen krølle, bli krøllet gnieść (się) amassar a (se) mototoli мять(ся) krčiť (sa) mečkati (se) zgužvati vecka, skrynkla ทำให้เป็นรอยพับ buruş(tur)mak 弄皺，起皺 загинати(ся); робити складки سلوٹ ڈالنا یا پ‍ڑنا، شکن ڈالنا làm nhàu （弄皱

crease → ثنية záhyb krølle Falte πτυχή arruga ryppy pli nabor grinza 折り目 주름 plooi krøll fałda prega, vinco складка skrynkla รอยย่น kırışıklık nếp nhăn 折痕

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