Antonyms for crease


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : krees
Phonetic Transcription : kris


Definition of crease

Origin :
  • 1660s, altered from creaste "a ridge," perhaps a variant of crest, via meaning "a fold in a length of cloth" (mid-15c.) which produced a crest. As a verb, from 1580s. Related: Creased; creasing.
  • noun fold, wrinkle
  • verb fold, rumple
Example sentences :
  • With a crease in his lips which now were dry no longer, he looked at Cassy.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • I punched a hole with a pin in the crease of the envelope at each end.
  • Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
  • You've kept it folded too long, and the goods is all gone along the crease.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • The other Etonian is already within a couple of yards of the crease.
  • Extract from : « The Hill » by Horace Annesley Vachell
  • Although not the nearest to him, he resolved to crease this horse.
  • Extract from : « The Dog Crusoe and his Master » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • “Carew,” he repeated, while a crease came between 41 his eyebrows.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Star » by Robert W. Chambers
  • The crease in the Dominican philosopher's forehead deepened.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • Crease and fold on these diagonals, extending the triangle inward.
  • Extract from : « Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools » by Virginia McGaw
  • One could almost imagine a crease of puzzlement between its eyes.
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
  • Plain cachmires are also much used, because they are not liable to crease.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I » by Various

Synonyms for crease

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