crease
To make a crease in; to wrinkleTo make a crease in; to wrinkle.
» You have to make the crease very straight.
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4 senses(transitive)To make a crease in; to wrinkle.
knittern
загиба́тьzagibátʹ, загну́тьzagnútʹ, мятьmjatʹ
м'ятиmʺjaty
make wrinkled or creased
(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.
Examples
14 sentencesYou have to make the crease very straight.
I've ironed the creases out of my trousers.
deIch habe die Falten aus meiner Hose gebügelt. — Vortarulo
I ironed the creases out of my trousers.
deIch habe die Falten aus meiner Hose gebügelt. — Vortarulo
I've ironed out the creases in my trousers.
deIch habe die Falten aus meiner Hose gebügelt. — Vortarulo
I ironed out the creases in my trousers.
deIch habe die Falten aus meiner Hose gebügelt. — Vortarulo
Translations
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Origin
From earlier English creast, from Middle English crest (“ridge, crest”). More at crest.From earlier English creast, from Middle English crest (“ridge, crest”). More at crest.
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Forms
creases, creasing, creased, creasedSynonyms
11 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.