crease

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

crease [crease creases creased creasing] noun, verb BrE [kriːs] NAmE [kriːs]
noun
1. an untidy line that is made in cloth or paper when it is pressed or crushed
•She smoothed the creases out of her skirt.
•a shirt made of crease-resistant material
2. a neat line that you make in sth, for example when you fold it
•trousers with a sharp crease in the legs
3. a line in the skin, especially on the face
•creases around the eyes
4. (in ↑cricket)a white line on the ground near each ↑wicket that marks the position of the ↑bowler and the ↑batsman
•He spent six hours at the crease (= he was batting for six hours).

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: probably a variant of ↑crest.

Example Bank:
•She had lots of deep creases at the corners of her eyes.
•She smoothed the creases from the tablecloth.
•There were a lot of creases in her skirt.
•a sharp crease in his trousers
•He ironed out the creases in his shirt.
•My mother always irons creases into my trousers.
Derived Word: ↑creased
Derived: ↑crease somebody up ▪ ↑crease up
 
verb
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to make lines on cloth or paper by folding or crushing it; to develop lines in this way
•Pack your suit carefully so that you don't crease it.
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to make lines in the skin; to develop lines in the skin
•A frown creased her forehead.
•Her face creased into a smile.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: probably a variant of ↑crest.

Example Bank:
•Her clothes were badly creased.
•His shirt had creased a bit in the suitcase.
•This material creases very easily.
•His clothes had got badly creased.
•Pack your suit carefully so that you don't crease it.


Example Bank:
•I can't wear this blouse. It's creased.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  kris, creese, wrinkle, furrow, crinkle, seam, line, fold, plication, flexure, crimp, bend, rumple, crumple, graze, rake, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp