Crease Meaning
/kɹiːs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
nounOne of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.
Sentence Examples
You have to make the crease very straight.
The deep crease in the centre of my forehead was dramatically reduced.
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She ironed the ____ carefully before wearing the formal trousers.
Word Origin & History
From earlier English creast, from Middle English crest (“ridge, crest”). More at crest.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"the cursed Malayan crease, and battle-clubs / From the isles of palm"
— 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Prologue”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
"While the crew and some of the natives were taking in the pepper, Samuel Page Pierson noticed that some of the other Malays aboard ship were receiving their creases from the natives in the boat."
— 1960, Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 96, page 128:
"Then a Malay creased Richard Hunt, who escaped for a moment up the ropes."
— 1960, Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 96, page 128:
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She ironed the ____ carefully before wearing the formal trousers.