Crease

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
  • n. Sports A rectangular area marked off in front of the goal in hockey and lacrosse.
  • n. Sports One of the lines in cricket marking off the positions of the bowler and batter or the space between two of these lines.
  • v. To make a pressed, folded, or wrinkled line in.
  • v. To graze or wound superficially with a bullet.
  • verb-intransitive. To become wrinkled.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
  • n. One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.
  • n. The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.
  • n. The goal crease; an area in front of each goal, surrounded by thin red lines and filled in with light blue.
  • v. To make a crease in; to wrinkle.
  • v. To lightly bloody; to graze.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See creese.
  • n. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
  • n. One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A line or long thin mark made by folding or doubling; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
  • n. Specifically, one of certain lines used in the game of cricket.
  • n. A split or rent.
  • n. A curved tile.
  • n. The top of a horse's neck.
  • To make a line or long thin mark in, as by folding, doubling, or indenting.
  • To indent, as a cartridge-case, for the purpose of confining the charge; crimp.
  • In hunting, to wound by a shot which flattens the upper vertebræ, or cuts the muscles of the neck, and stuns, but does not kill.
  • To increase; grow.
  • To increase; augment.
  • n. Increase; profit.
  • n. A less common spelling of creese.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
  • v. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
  • n. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
  • n. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
  • v. make wrinkled or creased
  • n. a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
  • v. scrape gently
  • Verb Form
    creased    creases    creasing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fold up    fold    turn up    sticker    dagger   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    creese    goal crease   
    Form
    creased    creasing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wrinkle    puckery   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bernice    Clarice    Clarisse    Denise    Elise    Greece    Luis    Maurice    Nice    Patrice   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    seam    furrow    indentation    incision    blemish    gash    scratch    crevice    slash    pucker