| VERB | contact | crease, wrinkle, ruckle, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface |
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| contact | crease, furrow, wrinkle | make wrinkled or creased | |
| contact | crease, graze, rake | scrape gently | |
| change | crease, rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crinkle | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | |
| NOUN | shape | crease, fold, plication, flexure, crimp, bend | an angular or rounded shape made by folding |
| shape | crease, wrinkle, furrow, crinkle, seam, line | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface | |
| artifact | crease, kris, creese | a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade |
| Sounds | kriy's | |
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| Rhymes | altarpiece ... Vietnamese: 37 rhymes with iys... | |
| Meaning | An angular or rounded shape made by folding. | |
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| Example | "a crease in his trousers" | |
| Synonyms | fold, plication, flexure, crimp, bend | |
| Narrower | kink, twist, twirl | A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
| pleat, plait | Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | |
| pucker, ruck | An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) | |
| Broader | angular shape, angularity | A shape having one or more sharp angles |
| Spanish | arruga, dobladura, doblez, plegado, pliegue, raya | |
| Catalan | doblec, replec, séc | |
| Meaning | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. | |
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| Synonyms | wrinkle, furrow, crinkle, seam, line | |
| Part of | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
| Narrower | crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line | A wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes |
| dermatoglyphic | The lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) | |
| frown line | A facial wrinkle associated with frowning | |
| line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn | A crease on the palm | |
| line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line | A crease on the palm | |
| line of life, life line, lifeline | A crease on the palm | |
| Broader | depression, impression, imprint | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
| Spanish | arruga, surco | |
| Catalan | arruga, solc | |
| Adjectives | creaseproof, crease-resistant | of fabric that does not wrinkle easily |
| Verbs | crease | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased |
| crease | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface | |
| crease | make wrinkled or creased | |
| Meaning | A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade. | |
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| Synonyms | kris, creese | |
| Broader | dagger, sticker | A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing |
| Spanish | cris, kris | |
| Catalan | cris, kris | |
| Meaning | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They crease the sheets | |
| Example | "crease the paper like this to make a crane" | |
| Synonyms | wrinkle, ruckle, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp | |
| Narrower | pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit | To gather something into small wrinkles or folds |
| pucker, ruck, ruck up | Become wrinkled or drawn together | |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Usage of | archaism, archaicism | The use of an archaic expression |
| Spanish | arrugarse, arrugar | |
| Catalan | arrissar-se, arrugar-se, arrugar, cargolar | |
| Nouns | crease | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
| Meaning | make wrinkled or creased. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | furrow, wrinkle | |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Spanish | arrugar, estriar, surcar | |
| Catalan | arrugar-se | |
| Nouns | crease | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
| Meaning | scrape gently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | graze, rake | |
| Narrower | shave | touch the surface of lightly |
| Broader | brush | touch lightly and briefly |
| Spanish | arañar, raer, rascar, raspar, rastrillar | |
| Catalan | rasclar, raspar, raure | |
| Meaning | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The sheets didn't crease; These fabrics crease easily | |
| Synonyms | rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crinkle | |
| Broader | fold, fold up | Become folded or folded up |
| Spanish | arrugar | |
| Nouns | crease | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
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