 crease |
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| 1. | [ verb ] make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface | |
| Synonyms: | wrinkle scrunch crinkle scrunch_up crisp ruckle | |
| Examples: | "The dress got wrinkled" |
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| Related terms: | fold pucker pucker wrinkle | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an angular or rounded shape made by folding | |
| Synonyms: | fold crimp flexure bend plication | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | angular_shape pucker pleat kink bend fold pleat | |
| 3. | [ verb ] scrape gently | |
| Synonyms: | rake graze | |
| Examples: | "graze the skin" |
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| Related terms: | brush shave graze | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make wrinkled or creased | |
| Synonyms: | wrinkle furrow | |
| Examples: | "furrow one's brow" |
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| Related terms: | fold wrinkle | |
| 5. | [ verb ] become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | |
| Synonyms: | crumple wrinkle crinkle rumple | |
| Examples: | "This fabric won't wrinkle" |
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| Related terms: | fold wrinkle | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (arms) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade | |
| Synonyms: | kris creese | |
| Related terms: | dagger | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface | |
| Synonyms: | line wrinkle seam crinkle furrow | |
| Examples: | "his face has many lines" "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" |
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| Related terms: | depression frown_line line_of_life line_of_heart crow's_foot dermatoglyphic line_of_fate skin purse wrinkle furrow rumple | |
| Similar spelling: |
Creasey Crase creese Crace craze Crays Crass Crose crake Cruse crosse crouse cruise Creasy Cressey Cris crag Crax crus craigie Craigue Crawshaw Crex Crago Craig crash Cragg crazy Cruze crack Creek cress Crews Criss Crius croak Croce Croke cross Cruce creak Creagh Creach creaky Creech Crego croaky craggy Cracow Crecy |
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