uncrease

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verb

to remove the crease(s) from

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decrease
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Meanings

verbuncrease (third-person singular simple present uncreases, present participle uncreasing, simple past and past participle uncreased)

present singular third person uncreases · participle present uncreasing · participle past uncreased · past uncreased

  1. transitiveto remove the crease(s) from

    I got up from my web seat after an hour to uncrease the marks in my back and buttocks.

    2011, Br. Spike Jonas, Using a Time Warp to Get it Right
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    He jabbed at the crease I'd made through the center of the Great Leader's face and did his best to uncrease it, while scolding at me in Korean as if I were a horrid barbarian imperialist.

    2015, Albert Podell, Around the World in 50 Years

    Synonyms: decrease

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto remove the crease(s) from

Similar
decrease

Origin

From un- + crease.

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Cite this entry
APA

uncrease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrease

MLA

“uncrease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrease. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncrease,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrease.

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