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crease
noun
verb
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
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noun
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
noun
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
“his face has many lines”
noun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
“a fold in the napkin”
verb
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
“This fabric won't wrinkle”
verb
scrape gently
“graze the skin”
verb
make wrinkled or creased
“furrow one's brow”
verb
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic
“The dress got wrinkled”
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his face has many lines
ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
a fold in the napkin
a crease in his trousers
a plication on her blouse
a flexure of the colon
a bend of his elbow
This fabric won't wrinkle
graze the skin
furrow one's brow
The dress got wrinkled
crease the paper like this to make a crane
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