Crease

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crease \Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creased} (kr?st); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Creasing}.]
     To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
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           Creased, like dog's ears in a folio.     --Gray.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crease \Crease\ (kr[=e]s), n.
     See {Creese}. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crease \Crease\, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness,
     krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh.
     of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to
     wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,
     crease.]
     1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable
        substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
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     2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of
        the bowler and the striker.
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     3. (Lacrosse) The combination of four lines forming a
        rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space
        itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless
        the ball is there; -- called also {goal crease}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {Bowling crease} (Cricket), a line extending three feet four
        inches on each side of the central strings at right angles
        to the line between the wickets.
  
     {Return crease} (Cricket), a short line at each end of the
        bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward
        the bowler.
  
     {Popping crease} (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the
        wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling
        crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh
        (Encyc. of Rural Sports).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Creese \Creese\ (kr[=e]s), n. [Malay. kris.]
     A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a
     serpentine blade. [Written also {crease} and {kris}.]
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           From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian
                                                    Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crease
       n 1: 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"
            [syn: {fold}, {plication}, {flexure}, {crimp}, {bend}]
       2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his
          face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
          [syn: {wrinkle}, {furrow}, {crinkle}, {seam}, {line}]
       3: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: {kris}, {creese}]
       v 1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress
            got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crinkle}, {scrunch},
             {scrunch up}, {crisp}]
       2: make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" [syn: {furrow},
           {wrinkle}]
       3: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: {graze}, {rake}]
       4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
          wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crinkle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "crease":
     autolithograph, be a printmaker, carve, character, chisel, cocker,
     cockle, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, creasing, cribble, crimp,
     crimple, crinkle, crisp, crosshatch, crumple, cut, dog-ear, double,
     double over, doubling, duplicature, enchase, enfold, engrave,
     flection, flexure, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, frill, furrow,
     gather, grave, groove, hatch, incise, infold, inscribe, interfold,
     knit, knot, lap over, lapel, lappet, line, lithograph, make prints,
     mark, plait, plat, pleat, plica, plicate, plication, plicature,
     ply, print, pucker, purse, quill, ridge, rimple, ripple, rivel,
     ruche, ruching, ruck, ruckle, ruff, ruffle, rumple, score, scrape,
     scratch, sculpture, shirr, stipple, tool, tuck, turn over, twill,
     wimple, wrinkle