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crease

noun

1 crease

An angular or rounded shape made by folding:
— A crease in his trousers.

synonyms: bend, crimp, flexure, fold, plication.

Roget 258: fold, plicature, plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, ... show more

Dutch: kreukel, vouw, plooi, soufflé
Polish: zagięcie, przegięcie, zgięcie, załamanie

2 crease

A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface.

synonyms: crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle.

Dutch: rimpel, plooi, kreukel, vouw
Polish: zmarszczka

3 crease

A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade.

synonyms: creese, kris.

Dutch: Creese

verb

1 crease

Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic:
— Crease the paper like this to make a crane.

synonyms: crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle.

Dutch: fronsen, kreukelen, kreuken, plooien, rimpelen, verkreukelen, verkreuken

2 crease

Make wrinkled or creased.

synonyms: furrow, wrinkle.

3 crease

Scrape gently.

synonyms: graze, rake.

Dutch: schampen

4 crease

Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.

synonyms: crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle.

Roget 258: fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute, ... show more

Dutch: ineenfrommelen, verfrommelen


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