CREASE


Meaning of CREASE in English

■ noun

1》 a line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing.

↘a wrinkle or furrow in the skin, especially of the face.

2》 Cricket any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places.

■ verb

1》 make a ~ in.

↘(of a bullet) graze.

2》 Brit. informal hit or punch hard.

3》 ( ~ up ) Brit. informal burst out laughing.

Origin

C16: prob. a var. of crest .

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