crease meaning and definition

CREASE noun

Definition of crease (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: bend, crimp, flexure, fold, plication
2. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
   • "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
   • synonyms: crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle
3. a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
   • synonyms: creese, kris

CREASE verb

Definition of crease (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle
2. make wrinkled or creased
   • "furrow one's brow"
   • synonyms: furrow, wrinkle
3. scrape gently
   • "graze the skin"
   • synonyms: graze, rake
4. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
   • "This fabric won't wrinkle"
   • synonyms: crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle