Crease : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Crease	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Crease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crease n 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" Synonym(s): fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" Synonym(s): wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade Synonym(s): kris, creese, crease v 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" Synonym(s): wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow" Synonym(s): furrow, wrinkle, crease scrape gently; "graze the skin" Synonym(s): graze, crease, rake become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" Synonym(s): rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crease \Crease\, n. (Lacrosse) 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crease \Crease\ (kr[emac]s), n. See {Creese}. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crease \Crease\, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple, crease.] 1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. 2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker. {Bowling crease} (Cricket), a line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets. {Return crease} (Cricket), a short line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward the bowler. {Popping crease} (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crease \Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creased} (kr?st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creasing}.] To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling. Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Creese \Creese\ (kr[emac]s), n. [Malay. kris.] A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also {crease} and {kris}.] From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. --Julian Hawthorne.