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Noun crease has 3 senses
- fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend - 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"
--1 is a kind of angular shape, angularity
--1 has particulars:
- wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
--2 is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
--2 is a part of skin, tegument, cutis
--2 has particulars:
- kris, creese, crease - a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
--3 is a kind of dagger, sticker
Verb crease has 4 senses
- wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp - make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"
--1 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Sample sentence:
They crease the sheets
- furrow, wrinkle, crease - make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"
--2 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- graze, crease, rake - scrape gently; "graze the skin"
--3 is one way to brush
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
--4 is one way to fold, fold up
Sample sentences:
The sheets didn't crease
These fabrics crease easily
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