crease

Etymology 1
From earlier English creast, from. More at crest.

Noun

 * 1) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
 * His pants had a nice sharp crease.
 * His shirt was brand new with visible creases from its store fold.
 * 1)  One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.
 * 2)  The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.
 * 3)  The goal crease; an area in front of each goal.
 * 4)  A crack.
 * 5) * 2002, Mark Mylod, Ali G Indahouse, Naomi Campbell as herself:
 * (To Ali G): My skin is so dry. So for being a bad boy, I want you to rub oil into me, paying special attention to my breasts and my batty crease.

Derived terms

 * simian crease

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Belarusian: скла́дка, збо́рка, фа́лда
 * Bulgarian:, прегъвка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, , záhyb, přehyb, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish:, ,  ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: קפל
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, , cordonatura
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: pukoru, kurehe, ngene, hākorukoru
 * Meru: mukunjo
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: fold
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: набор
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: скла́дка, скла́дина,, збо́рка, змо́ршка
 * Vietnamese: nếp gấp
 * Welsh: plygiad, tolc
 * Yiddish: קנייטש


 * Finnish: rajaviiva
 * Maori: wī


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: maalivahdin alue


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: maalialue ; maalivahdin alue
 * Russian: врата́рская площа́дка
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To make a crease in; to wrinkle.
 * 2)  To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.
 * 3)  To lightly bloody; to graze.
 * The bullet just creased his shoulder.
 * 1)  To laugh.

Derived terms

 * crease up
 * creased

Translations

 * Belarusian: мяць
 * Bulgarian:, , мъ́на
 * Czech: udělat záhyb,, rýhovat
 * Finnish:, , rypistää,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: hākorukoru
 * Ottoman Turkish: قیرمق
 * Polish:, , zbigować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , ,  , ,
 * Slovak: mäť
 * Slovene: meti
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: м'яти
 * Yiddish: קנייטשן


 * Czech:, zmačkat se, pomačkat se
 * Hungarian:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Portuguese: