creases

We have found lemma(root) word of creases : crease.

Definitions


[kriːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a line or ridge produced on paper or cloth by folding, pressing, or crushing
(e.g: khaki trousers with knife-edge creases)

- any of a number of lines marked on the pitch at specified places, especially one defining the position of a batter

- an area around the goal in ice hockey or lacrosse which the players may not enter unless the puck or the ball has already done so
(e.g: he was caught in the crease without the puck)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: probably a variant of crest


[kriːs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a crease in (cloth or paper)
(e.g: he sank into the chair, careful not to crease his dinner jacket)

- burst out or cause to burst out laughing
(e.g: Jo could imitate anybody and always made him crease up)

- hit or punch (someone) hard
(e.g: clap or I'll crease you)

- (of a bullet) graze (someone or something)
(e.g: a bullet creased his thigh)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: probably a variant of crest




definition by Oxford Dictionaries