Crease
[kriːs] or [kris]
Definition
(n.) See Creese.
(n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
(n.) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
(v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
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Definition
n. a mark made by folding or doubling anything: (cricket) a line indicating the boundaries of a particular space as the position of a batter and bowler.—v.t. to make creases in anything.—v.i. to become creased.—adj. Creas′y full of creases.
See Creese.
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Examples
- Sir James's brow had a little crease in it, a little depression of the eyebrow, which he seemed purposely to exaggerate as he answered. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He wears his usual expressionless mask--if it be a mask--and carries family secrets in every limb of his body and every crease of his dress. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was nothing loud about its well-bred and well-creased look. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I dared not offer her the half-worn gloves, the creased handkerchief: besides, I felt it would be absurd. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The skin of her face was seamed and creased with a million deepcut furrows. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The uppermost side, when I spread it out, presented to view innumerable folds and creases, and nothing more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Running up, I blew its brains out, and it fell over with its keen white teeth still meeting in the great creases of his neck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The traces of the bog were removed from it; the creases left by the wet smoothed out: it was quite decent. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As he bowed to me in that tight state, I almost believe I saw creases come into the whites of his eyes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He suggested it, by creasing his face with his two thumbs, from the corners of his mouth to his ears. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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