crease
21crease up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms crease up : present tense I/you/we/they crease up he/she/it creases up present participle creasing up past tense creased up past participle creased up British informal to start laughing, or to… …
22Crease — This most interesting surname has two possible origins. Firstly it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, from the Olde English creas , Middle English crease , meaning fine or elegant , which was a nickname given to an elegant person or one who dressed in …
23crease — [15] Crease and crest are ultimately the same word. The ridges produced by creasing cloth were regarded as similar to ridges or crests, and so the word crease (often creast in late Middle English) came to be applied to them. The loss of the final …
24crease up — PHR V ERG If someone or something makes you crease up or creases you up, they make you laugh a lot. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P] I do make him laugh. Don t ask me why, but I ll be saying something and he ll just crease up... [V n P] He s trying to say… …
25crease — noun 1》 a line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing. ↘a wrinkle or furrow in the skin, especially of the face. 2》 Cricket any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places. verb 1》 make a crease …
26crease — [15] Crease and crest are ultimately the same word. The ridges produced by creasing cloth were regarded as similar to ridges or crests, and so the word crease (often creast in late Middle English) came to be applied to them. The loss of the final …
27crease — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a line in paper etc. caused by folding. b a fold or wrinkle. 2 Cricket a line marking the position of the bowler or batsman (see POPPING CREASE, bowling crease). 3 an area near the goal in ice hockey or lacrosse into which the… …
28crease — Creese Creese (kr[=e]s), n. [Malay. kris.] A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also {crease} and {kris}.] [1913 Webster] From a Malayan creese to a sailor s jackknife. Julian Hawthorne. [1913… …
29crease — I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of earlier creaste, from Middle English creste crest Date: 1578 1. a line, mark, or ridge made by or as if by folding a pliable substance 2. a specially marked area in various sports; especially an area… …
30crease — 1) the area where fast and slow water meet, often with fish in the slower water next to the crease conserving energy and picking up food as it passes in the faster flow 2) a depression containing the backbone which is left in a cod when it is… …
