Meanings
crease1
plural creases
- ball gamesOne 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.
DRS showed he was out of the crease in a controversial run out review.
- ball gamesThe circle around the goal, which no offensive players may enter during play, unless after scoring.
- JamaicaslangA crack.
(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
present singular third person creases · participle present creasing · participle past creased · past creased
crease2
plural creases
- archaicArchaic form of kris.
the cursed Malayan crease, and battle-clubs / From the isles of palm
1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Prologue”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC1 more example
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.
1960, Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 96, page 128
present singular third person creases · participle present creasing · participle past creased · past creased
- archaicArchaic form of kris.
Then a Malay creased Richard Hunt, who escaped for a moment up the ropes.
1960, Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 96, page 128
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
nounThe area in front of each goal.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan angular or rounded shape made by folding
nouna slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
verbmake wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishcrest“ridge, crest”
- Englishcrease
From earlier English creast, from Middle English crest (“ridge, crest”). More at crest.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَضَن, ثَنْيَة
- غَضَن (ḡaḍan)mark made by folding
- ثَنْيَة (ṯanya)mark made by folding
Bulgarian гънка, прегъвка
- гънка (gănka)mark made by folding
- прегъвка (pregăvka)mark made by folding
- прегъвам (pregăvam)to make a crease in
- измачквам (izmačkvam)to make a crease in
- мъ́на (mắna)to make a crease in
- одрасквам (odraskvam)to graze
Chinese Mandarin 皺 /皱, 皺痕 /皱痕
- 皺 /皱 (zhòu)mark made by folding
- 皺痕 /皱痕 (zhòuhén)mark made by folding
- 襞 (bì)mark made by folding
- 摺痕 /折痕 (zhéhén)mark made by folding
- 壓褶 /压褶 (yāzhě)to make a crease in
Czech rýha, vráska
- rýhamark made by folding
- vráskamark made by folding
- záhybmark made by folding
- přehybmark made by folding
- ohybmark made by folding
- pukmark made by folding
- brankovištělacrosse: circle around the goal
- brankovištěice hockey, handball: goal crease
- udělat záhybto make a crease in
- mnoutto make a crease in
- rýhovatto make a crease in
- mačkat seto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
- zmačkat seto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
- pomačkat seto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
Dutch plooi, kreukel
- plooimark made by folding
- kreukelmark made by folding
Esperanto faldo
- faldomark made by folding
Estonian volt, viik
- voltmark made by folding
- viikmark made by folding
Finnish taitos, laskos
- taitosmark made by folding
- laskosmark made by folding
- ryppy (unintentional)mark made by folding
- prässimark made by folding
- rajaviivaone of the white lines drawn on the pitch
- maalivahdin aluelacrosse: circle around the goal
- maalialueice hockey, handball: goal crease
- maalivahdin alueice hockey, handball: goal crease
- taittaato make a crease in
- laskostaato make a crease in
- rypistääto make a crease in
- prässätäto make a crease in
- naarmuttaato graze
- raapaistato graze
French pli
- plimark made by folding
German Falte, Bügelfalte
- Faltemark made by folding
- Bügelfaltemark made by folding
- knitternto make a crease in
Hebrew קפל
- קפל (kéfel)mark made by folding
Hindi सिलवट
- सिलवट (silvaṭ)mark made by folding
Hungarian él, gyűr
- élmark made by folding
- gyűrto make a crease in
- ráncolto make a crease in
- gyűrődikto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
- ráncosodikto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
- ráncolódikto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
- súrolto graze
- horzsolto graze
Icelandic brot
- brotmark made by folding
Indonesian kedut
- kedutmark made by folding
Italian piega, grinza
- piegamark made by folding
- grinzamark made by folding
- cordonaturamark made by folding
Japanese 折り目
- 折り目 (orime)mark made by folding
Māori pukoru, kurehe
- pukorumark made by folding
- kurehemark made by folding
- ngenemark made by folding
- hākorukorumark made by folding
- wīone of the white lines drawn on the pitch
- hākorukoruto make a crease in
Norwegian fold
- foldmark made by folding
Polish fałda, zmarszczka
- fałdamark made by folding
- zmarszczkamark made by folding
- miąćto make a crease in
- bigowaćto make a crease in
- zbigowaćto make a crease in
Portuguese ruga, dobra
- rugamark made by folding
- dobramark made by folding
- vincomark made by folding
- enrugarto make a crease in
- roçarto graze
Romanian cută
- cutămark made by folding
Russian скла́дка, заги́б
- скла́дка (skládka)mark made by folding
- заги́б (zagíb)mark made by folding
- стре́лка (strélka)mark made by folding
- врата́рская площа́дка (vratárskaja ploščádka)ice hockey, handball: goal crease
- загиба́ть (zagibátʹ)to make a crease in
- загну́ть (zagnútʹ)to make a crease in
- мять (mjatʹ)to make a crease in
- смина́ть (sminátʹ)to make a crease in
- смять (smjatʹ)to make a crease in
- мо́рщить (mórščitʹ)to make a crease in
- смо́рщить (smórščitʹ)to make a crease in
Slovak mäť
- mäťto make a crease in
Spanish arruga, pliegue
- arrugamark made by folding
- plieguemark made by folding
- rayamark made by folding
- arrugarto make a crease in
- rugarto make a crease in
- ajarto make a crease in
- ahajar (desus.)to make a crease in
- arrugarseto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
- rugarseto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
- ajarseto undergo creasing; to form wrinkles
Swahili mkunjo
- mkunjomark made by folding
Swedish veck, målområde
- veckmark made by folding
- målområdeice hockey, handball: goal crease
Turkish kırışıklık, buruşturmak
- kırışıklıkmark made by folding
- buruşturmakto make a crease in
- kırıştırmakto make a crease in
- örselemekto make a crease in
Ukrainian скла́дка, скла́дина
- скла́дка (skládka)mark made by folding
- скла́дина (skládyna)mark made by folding
- бга́нка (bhánka)mark made by folding
- збо́рка (zbórka)mark made by folding
- змо́ршка (zmórška)mark made by folding
- м'яти (mʺjaty)to make a crease in
Vietnamese nếp gấp
- nếp gấpmark made by folding
Welsh plygiad, tolc
- plygiadmark made by folding
- tolcmark made by folding
Yiddish קנייטש, קנייטשן
- קנייטש (kneytsh)mark made by folding
- קנייטשן (kneytshn)to make a crease in
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Rhymes with crease
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Cite this entry
crease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crease
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