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crease

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crease in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  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"
    fold  crease  plication  flexure  crimp  bend 
  2. a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
    kris  creese  crease 
  3. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
    "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
    wrinkle  furrow  crease  crinkle  seam  line 
verb
  1. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
    "This fabric won't wrinkle"
    rumple  crumple  wrinkle  crease  crinkle 
  2. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
    "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
    wrinkle  ruckle  crease  crinkle  scrunch  scrunch up  crisp 
  3. make wrinkled or creased
    "furrow one's brow"
    furrow  wrinkle  crease 
  4. scrape gently
    "graze the skin"
    graze  crease  rake 
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