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# crease

noun (a crease, creases); verb (crease, creases, creased, creasing)

«crease» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A crease is a line or fold made in paper, cloth or skin when it is pressed or crumpled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#m1)
2. To crease means to make a fold or line in something, or to become creased. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#m2)
3. In cricket, the crease is the white line where the batter stands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#m3)

### In the lessons

In art, maths and craft lessons, pupils fold paper along a crease to make shapes, origami and lines of symmetry. In everyday life clothes crease and get ironed. Phrases: fold along the crease, a sharp crease, iron out the creases.

### Examples

- Fold the paper and press along the crease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#x1)
- The crease in the paper shows the line of symmetry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#x2)
- My shirt was full of creases after the journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#x3)
- Don't crease your homework in your bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#x4)
- Dad ironed out the creases. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#x5)
- The batter stood at the crease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#x6)
- When she smiles, little creases appear around her eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#x7)
- I am changing, I am losing all my creases. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun; verb: creased, creasing. Do not confuse with increase (to grow bigger) or grease (oil). In maths, folding along a crease can show a line of symmetry, where both halves match exactly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crease/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crease.html) on Mova free.