crease

UK/kɹiːs/US/kɹis/

crease noun: a line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. Also the archaic form of kris.

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.
Synonyms:

rumple
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.
- DRS showed he was out of the crease in a controversial run out review.
The circle around the goal, which no offensive players may enter during play, unless after scoring.
The area in front of each goal.

Synonyms:

goal crease, zone
(Jamaica, slang) A 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

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.
(UK, colloquial, intransitive, reflexive) To laugh.
- I can't breathe, I'm creasing so hard.
- He creases at his own joke.

Also used as

crease is also the archaic form of kris.

crease meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

crease in Hindi

mark made by folding: सिलवट silvaṭ

crease in Marathi

क्रीज, क्रिझ, क्रीज करणे

crease in Bengali

ক্রিজ, ক্রিজ করা

crease in Telugu

క్రీజ్

More languagesFewer languages

crease in Kannada: ಕ್ರಿಜ್
crease in Odia: କ୍ରିଜ୍, କ୍ରିଜ, କ୍ରିଜ୍ କରିବା
crease in Nepali: क्रिज, क्रीज, क्रिज गर्न
crease in Indonesian: kedut
crease in Vietnamese: nếp gấp

Examples of crease in a sentence

He fell flat on his face and everyone just creased up!
You're not going out wearing that creased shirt, are you?
The last scene creased me up.

All 40 example sentences with crease

Synonyms of crease

rumple
goal crease
zone

Forms of crease

Noun
plural	creases
Verb
third-person singular present	creases
present participle	creasing
past participle	creased
past	creased

Plural of crease: creases

Origin of crease

From earlier English creast, from Middle English crest (“ridge, crest”). More at crest.

Words formed from crease

Phrases with crease

Words that rhyme with crease

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Questions about crease

What does crease mean?: Crease means a line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
What is crease in Hindi?: Crease in Hindi is सिलवट (silvaṭ). See Crease meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is crease?: Crease can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce crease?: Crease is pronounced /kɹiːs/ (UK).
What is the plural of crease?: The plural of crease is creases.

Words near crease in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: crease (page history and authors); crease (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crease (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crease (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crease (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crease (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crease (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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