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crease
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?i?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
Etymology 1
From earlier English creast, from Middle English crest (“ridge, crest”). More at crest.
Noun
crease (plural creases)
- A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
- His pants had a nice sharp crease.
- His shirt was brand new with visible creases from its store fold.
- (cricket) One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.
- (lacrosse) The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.
- (ice hockey, handball) The goal crease; an area in front of each goal.
- (Jamaican, slang) A crack.
- 2002, Mark Mylod, Ali G Indahouse, Naomi Campbell as herself:
- (To Ali G): My skin is so dry. So for being a bad boy, I want you to rub oil into me, paying special attention to my breasts and my batty crease.
- 2002, Mark Mylod, Ali G Indahouse, Naomi Campbell as herself:
Synonyms
- (handball: goal crease): zone
Translations
Verb
crease (third-person singular simple present creases, present participle creasing, simple past and past participle creased)
- (transitive) To make a crease in; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.
- (transitive) To lightly bloody; to graze.
- The bullet just creased his shoulder.
Translations
See also
- Hockey rink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Noun
crease (plural creases)
- Archaic form of kris.
- the cursed Malayan crease, and battle-clubs / From the isles of palm
- 1960, Essex Institute Historical Collections (volume 96, page 128)
- While the crew and some of the natives were taking in the pepper, Samuel Page Pierson noticed that some of the other Malays aboard ship were receiving their creases from the natives in the boat.
Verb
crease (third-person singular simple present creases, present participle creasing, simple past and past participle creased)
- Archaic form of kris.
- 1960, Essex Institute Historical Collections (volume 96, page 128)
- Then a Malay creased Richard Hunt, who escaped for a moment up the ropes.
- 1960, Essex Institute Historical Collections (volume 96, page 128)
Anagrams
- Ceaser, Sarcee, recase, searce
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kre?ase]
Verb
crease
- third-person singular pluperfect indicative of crea
Spanish
Verb
crease
- First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of crear.
- Synonym: creara
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of crear.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) imperfect subjunctive form of crear.
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doubling
English
Verb
doubling
- present participle of double
Noun
doubling (countable and uncountable, plural doublings)
- The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
- The act of turning around, or doubling back. [from 16th c.]
- A pleat or fold. [from 17th c.]
- (archaic) A trick; double-dealing.
Synonyms
- (a multiplication by two): See also Thesaurus:duplication
Translations
Anagrams
- blouding
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