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US
/ˈkɹis/
]
[ UK /kɹˈiːs/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈiːs/ ]
NOUN
- a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
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an angular or rounded shape made by folding
a crease in his trousers
a flexure of the colon
a bend of his elbow
a fold in the napkin
a plication on her blouse -
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
his face has many lines
VERB
-
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
This fabric won't wrinkle -
make wrinkled or creased
furrow one's brow -
scrape gently
graze the skin -
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
crease the paper like this to make a crane
The dress got wrinkled
How To Use crease In A Sentence
- Added to which there is a large increase in the fees receivable in 1994 to a level of almost £123,000 which accounts for the large increase in the gross profit over the previous and subsequent years.
- What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
- Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010. StarTribune.com rss feed
- The application of fertilizer increased the size of the plants.
- An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining. Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal
- McGill University, however, has found a way to increase access to its rare books - thanks to a lot of grant money and one badass digital camera.
- Book value can increase as a result of mergers, and it can go up if a company has just sold a lot of new equity.
- The excess amniotic fluid was then removed from the recipient twin sac, and antibiotics were placed into the uterine cavity to decrease the risk of infection. Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)
- Beyond affecting the humans and wildlife that call the area home, the Arctic's warmer temperatures and decreases in permafrost, snow cover, glaciers and sea ice also have wide-ranging consequences for the physical and biological systems in other parts of the world. Arctic is warming, NOAA report says
- In a downward inflation trend, salary expectations lag the decreases in inflation.
