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crease

1  [krees] noun, verb, creased, creas⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
2. a wrinkle, esp. one on the face.
3. the straight, vertical edge or line produced in the front and back of trousers, esp. men's trousers, by pressing, as with a steam presser or iron.
4. Ice Hockey. the marked rectangular area in front of each goal cage, into which an offensive player can skate only if that player has the puck, if the puck is already within the area, or if the goalie is absent.
5. Cricket.
a. bowling crease.
b. popping crease.
–verb (used with object)
6. to make a crease or creases in or on; wrinkle.
7. to wound or stun by a furrowing or superficial shot: The bullet merely creased his shoulder.
–verb (used without object)
8. to become creased.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME creeste, crest, appar. special use of crest

Related forms:
creaseless, adjective
creaser, noun

Synonyms:
6. crimp, pucker, furrow, fold.

crease

2  [krees]
–noun
creese.

creese

  [krees]
–noun
a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
Also, crease, kris.

Origin:
1570–80; < Malay kəris (sp. keris)
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crease   (krēs)   
n.  

  1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.

  2. Sports

    1. A rectangular area marked off in front of the goal in hockey and lacrosse.

    2. One of the lines in cricket marking off the positions of the bowler and batter or the space between two of these lines.

v.   creased, creas·ing, creas·es

v.   tr.

  1. To make a pressed, folded, or wrinkled line in.

  2. To graze or wound superficially with a bullet.

v.   intr.
To become wrinkled.

[Alteration of creaste, perhaps from Middle English creste, ridge; see crest.]
crease'less adj., crease'proof' adj., creas'er n., creas'y adj.
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Word Origin & History

crease 
1578, altered from creaste, perhaps variant of crest, via meaning "a fold in a length of cloth" (1433) which produced a crest.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1crease
Pronunciation: 'krEs
Function: noun
: a line or mark made by or as if by folding a pliable substance (as the skin)

Main Entry: 2crease
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: creased; creas·ing
transitive senses
: to make a crease in or oncreased her face> crease intransitive senses
: to become creased
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

crease (krēs)
n.
A line made by folding or wrinkling, as in the skin.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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