CREASE


Meaning of CREASE in English

I. crease 1 /kriːs/ BrE AmE noun

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from crest ]

1 . [countable] a line on a piece of cloth, paper etc where it has been folded, crushed, or pressed:

She smoothed the creases from her skirt.

I’ll have to iron out the creases.

2 . [countable] a fold in someone’s skin ⇨ wrinkle :

the creases on his forehead

3 . [singular] the line where the player has to stand to hit the ball in ↑ cricket

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THESAURUS

■ on the ground/on the surface of something

▪ line a long thin mark on a piece of paper, the ground, or another surface:

The teacher put a red line through the first sentence.

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If the ball goes over the line, it’s out of play.

▪ groove a thin line that has been cut into a surface:

Deep grooves had been cut into the stone to channel the water.

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Lyle ran his fingernail along the groove in the table.

▪ rut a deep line in the ground which has been made by the wheels of vehicles:

The deep ruts made by the trucks were full of water.

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The tractor’s wheels caught a rut in the field and jolted him.

▪ crease/wrinkle a line on clothes, material, or paper where it has been folded or crushed:

She was trying to smooth out the creases in her dress.

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She had wrinkles in her skirt where she had sat.

II. crease 2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]

to become marked with a line or lines, or to make a line appear on cloth, paper etc by folding or crushing it ⇨ crumple :

Don’t sit on my newspaper. You’ll crease it!

These trousers crease really easily.

A worried frown creased her forehead.

—creased adjective :

This shirt is too creased to wear.

crease (somebody) up phrasal verb

British English spoken to laugh a lot, or to make someone laugh a lot SYN crack up :

She really creases me up!

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.