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crease

/kɹis/noun, verb1 syllable

Crease means: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic.

Synonyms for crease22

noun, as in an angular or rounded shape made by folding

fold, plication, flexure, crimp, bend

noun, as in a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

wrinkle, furrow, crinkle, seam, line

noun, as in a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

kris, creese

verb, as in make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic

wrinkle, ruckle, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp

verb, as in become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crinkle

verb, as in make wrinkled or creased

furrow, wrinkle

verb, as in scrape gently

graze, rake

also used for crease

goal crease, zone

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What does crease mean?7

verb

1

make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic“The dress got wrinkled”

2

become wrinkled or crumpled or creased“This fabric won't wrinkle”

3

make wrinkled or creased“furrow one's brow”

4

scrape gently“graze the skin”

noun

1

an angular or rounded shape made by folding“a fold in the napkin”

2

a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface“his face has many lines”

3

a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with crease?16

four syllables

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Crease in a sentence

  • You have to make the crease very straight._undertoad
  • The deep crease in the centre of my forehead was dramatically reduced.Cangarejo
  • Fold and unfold along each of the lines to make a crease.Cangarejo
  • There were dark pouches under his eyes; his heavy unshaven face seemed to sag at every crease.Cangarejo
  • I've been ironing this shirt for two hours; getting rid of this crease is impossible!zogwarg

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of crease

as a noun

plural
creases

as a verb

past tense
creased
present participle
creasing
third-person singular
creases
past participle
creased