1 an untidy line that is made in fabric or paper when it is pressed or crushed:
She smoothed the creases out of her skirt. * a shirt made of crease-resistant material
2 a neat line that you make in sth, for example when you fold it:
trousers with a sharp crease in the legs
3 a line in the skin, especially on the face:
creases around the eyes
4 (in cricket) a white line on the ground near each WICKET that marks the position of the BOWLER and the BATSMAN:
He spent six hours at the crease (= he was BATTING for six hours).
Part of speech: verb
1 to make lines on fabric or paper by folding or crushing it; to develop lines in this way:
[VN] Pack your suit carefully so that you don't crease it. [also V]
2 to make lines in the skin; to develop lines in the skin:
[VN] A frown creased her forehead. * [V] Her face creased into a smile.
creased adjective:
I can't wear this blouse. It's creased.
PHRASALVERBS
crease u
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for crease is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is crease a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, crease is tagged as noun.
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