crease
noun
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
creased
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past participleof crease.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof crease.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
creasenouna ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
Example Sentences
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Wizened and creased, with a hoop the size of a quarter dangling in his left ear, he relies on gestures—shrugs, grimaces, guffaws—to flesh out responses that lean terse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Seated beside Milushev, Nikolay Ivanov creased his forehead as he denied any links with Russia.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Khalil’s tired eyes creased at the corners, and a smile spread slowly across his face.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
Mr. Thompson took out his reading glasses to deliver the announcement onstage, reading from a script scrawled across a creased notecard.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
Ms. Emerson’s perched on the corner of her desk beside me, her face creased with worry.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
