crease
1[ krees ]
/ kris /
noun
verb (used with object), creased, creas·ing.
to make a crease or creases in or on; wrinkle.
to wound or stun by a furrowing or superficial shot: The bullet merely creased his shoulder.
verb (used without object), creased, creas·ing.
to become creased.
Nearby words
creampuff, creamware, creamwove, creamy, creance, crease, crease-resistant, creasy, create, create a scene, creatinase
Origin of crease
1Related formscrease·less, adjectivecreas·er, nounun·creased, adjective
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crease
1/ (kriːs) /
noun
verb
Derived Formscreaseless, adjectivecreaser, nouncreasy, adjective
Word Origin for crease
C15: from earlier crēst; probably related to Old French cresté wrinkled
British Dictionary definitions for creased (2 of 2)
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Word Origin and History for creased
crease
1660s, altered from creaste "a ridge," perhaps a variant of crest, via meaning "a fold in a length of cloth" (mid-15c.) which produced a crest. As a verb, from 1580s. Related: Creased; creasing.
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Medicine definitions for creased
crease
[ krēs ]
n.
A line made by folding or wrinkling, as in the skin.
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