crease
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
• Derivationally related forms:
bend (for: bend), crimp (for: crimp), flex (for: flexure), plicate (for: plication), fold (for: fold)
• Hypernyms:
angular shape, angularity
• Hyponyms:
pleat, plait, kink, twist, twirl,
pucker, ruck
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
• Derivationally related forms:
line (for: line), crinkly (for: crinkle), crinkle (for: crinkle), furrow (for: furrow), wrinkle (for: wrinkle)
• Hypernyms:
depression, impression, imprint
• Hyponyms:
crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line, dermatoglyphic, frown line,
line of life, life line, lifeline, line of heart, heart line, love line,
mensal line, line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn
• Part Holonyms:
skin, tegument, cutis
3. a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
• Syn:
kris, creese
• Hypernyms:
dagger, sticker
1. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface;
make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in (Freq. 1)
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
• Syn:
wrinkle, ruckle, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
• Derivationally related forms:
crinkle (for: crinkle), wrinkle (for: wrinkle)
• Hypernyms:
fold, fold up, turn up
• Hyponyms:
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit,
ruck, ruck up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They crease the sheets
2. make wrinkled or creased
- furrow one's brow
• Syn:
furrow, wrinkle
• Derivationally related forms:
wrinkle (for: wrinkle), furrow (for: furrow)
• Hypernyms:
fold, fold up, turn up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. scrape gently
- graze the skin
• Syn:
graze, rake
• Derivationally related forms:
graze (for: graze), grazing (for: graze)
• Hypernyms:
brush
• Hyponyms:
shave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
- This fabric won't wrinkle
• Syn:
rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crinkle
• Derivationally related forms:
crinkle (for: crinkle), wrinkle (for: wrinkle)
• Hypernyms:
fold, fold up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The sheets didn't crease
- These fabrics crease easily
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