creases
Meaning of creases
plural noun
- a line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing.
khaki trousers with knife-edge creases
- any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places.
- an area around the goal in ice hockey or lacrosse which the players may not enter unless the puck or the ball has already done so.
he was caught in the crease without the puck
- make a crease in (cloth or paper).
he sank into the chair, careful not to crease his dinner jacket
- burst out or cause to burst out laughing.
Jo could imitate anybody and always made him crease up
- hit or punch (someone) hard.
clap or I'll crease you
- (of a bullet) graze (someone or something).
a bullet creased his thigh
late 16th century: probably a variant of crest.
Information about creases
- The singular form of creases is: crease.
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Hyphenation of creases
creases
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- creases is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
creases synonyms
Meaning a form or shape produced by the gentle draping of a loose, full garment or piece of cloth:
Meaning a long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material:
Meaning a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed:
Meaning a line or wrinkle on a person's face:
Meaning a furrow or wrinkle in the skin, especially on the face:
Meaning a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball on the ground:
Meaning a double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth, held by stitching the top or side:
Meaning a flattened, stitched fold in a garment or material, typically one of several parallel folds put in a garment for shortening, tightening, or decoration:
Meaning another term for ruck2:
Meaning crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled:
Meaning form or become marked with lines or folds:
Meaning form into small surface creases or wrinkles:
Meaning give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to:
Meaning (especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds:
Meaning compress (something) into small folds or ridges:
Meaning draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it:
Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:
Meaning smooth (clothes, sheets, etc.) with an iron:
Meaning contract or cause to contract into wrinkles or folds:
creases antonyms
Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:
Meaning crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled:
Anagrams of creases
Words that rhyme with creases
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