crease has definitions from the field of arms
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[ verb ] make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface

Examples

"The dress got wrinkled"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

He had a round , frank Irish face , creased in a jovial grin that stayed bleakly in_place even when he was pumping bullets into someone 's body .

Related terms

fold pucker pucker wrinkle

2
[ noun ] an angular or rounded shape made by folding

Examples

"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"

3
[ verb ] scrape gently

Synonyms

rake graze

Examples

"graze the skin"

Related terms

brush shave graze

4
[ verb ] make wrinkled or creased

Synonyms

wrinkle furrow

Examples

"furrow one's brow"

Related terms

fold wrinkle

5
[ verb ] become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

Examples

"This fabric won't wrinkle"

Related terms

fold wrinkle

6
[ noun ] (arms) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

Synonyms

kris creese

Related terms

dagger

7
[ noun ] a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface

Examples

"his face has many lines" "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

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