noun ·see creese.
2. crease ·vt to make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
3. crease ·noun one of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
4. crease ·noun a line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
5. crease ·add. ·noun the combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there;
called also goal crease.