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crease(medicine)
Crease - Ice Hockey(gambling)
crease 1, noun(dictionary)
simian crease(medicine)
palmar crease(medicine)
flexion crease(medicine)
ear lobe crease(medicine)
digital crease(medicine)
crease wound(medicine)

crease (iou)



crease noun1 & verb. [kri:s] L16.
[Prob. var. of CREST noun (formerly also with long vowel): cf. Old French creste wrinkled, furrowed.]
A. noun.
A line or mark produced on the surface of anything by folding or pressing; a fold; a wrinkle; a ridge. L16.
M. E. Braddon Never mind the creases in that blue frock. J. Galsworthy Very well dressed, with special creases down their evening trousers. T. Keneally His cheeks folded themselves..into creases of apparent contentment.
Architecture. A curved or ridge tile. E18.
Cricket. A line defining the legitimate position of bowler and batsman. M18.
BOWLING-crease. POPPING crease. return crease: see RETURN noun.
b. In ice hockey and lacrosse, the area marked out in front of the goal. L19.
b. verb.
verb trans. Make a crease or creases in or on the surface of; wrinkle; fold in a crease; fig. (slang) convulse with laughter, amuse highly, (usu. foll. by up). L16.
G. A. Birmingham Major Kent..creased his trousers and dressed for dinner every night. F. Herbert A smile creased his mouth.
verb trans. Stun (a horse etc.) by a grazing shot in the ridge of the neck. E19.
b. Stun (a person); graze with a bullet; kill; exhaust physically. slang (orig. US). E20.
verb intrans. Become creased; fall into creases; fig. (slang) be convulsed with laughter, be highly amused, (usu. foll. by up). L19.
Oxford English Dictionary A material that is apt to crease. B. Chatwin He creased with laughter, and clung to his stomach as if he were never going to stop.
creased adjective having a crease or creases, wrinkled, folded in a crease M16.
creaser noun a person who or thing which creases L19.
creasy adjective full of creases M19.