Crease (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Scrape gently; "graze the skin".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 3
Make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 4
Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Her silk dress started to crease after she sat down for dinner.
- The busy nurse's uniform creased from the long hours she was working.
- After hours of folded storage the map began to crease at several points.
- After a few minutes the filter started to crease and lose its shape.
- A long dry spell caused the skin of the lake to crease as the water level dropped.