Crease

What do we mean by crease?

A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling. noun

In hockey, an area marked in front of the goal in which an offensive player can score a goal only if the puck reaches the area before the player does. noun

In lacrosse, the circle marked around the goal into which offensive players cannot enter. noun

One of the lines in cricket marking off the positions of the bowler and batter or the space between two of these lines. noun

To make a pressed, folded, or wrinkled line in. intransitive verb

To graze or wound superficially with a bullet. intransitive verb

To become wrinkled. intransitive verb

A less common spelling of creese. noun

To increase; grow.

To increase; augment.

Increase; profit. noun

To make a line or long thin mark in, as by folding, doubling, or indenting.

To indent, as a cartridge-case, for the purpose of confining the charge; crimp.

In hunting, to wound by a shot which flattens the upper vertebræ, or cuts the muscles of the neck, and stuns, but does not kill.

A line or long thin mark made by folding or doubling; hence, a similar mark, however produced. noun

Specifically, one of certain lines used in the game of cricket. noun

A split or rent. noun

A curved tile. noun

The top of a horse's neck. noun

A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

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.

The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.

The goal crease; an area in front of each goal.

A crack.

Words that are spelled similarly to crease:
crease, create, cease, grease, prease, creaze, creasy, urease, creese, creuse, crase, creare, rease, creas.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word crease:
creases, stumped, eyelid, palmar, origami, puck, goalie, laker, popping, wicket, sixes, goaltender, balls, umpire, overs, batsman, waugh, stump, bowler, bowling, deliveries, compton, innings, ball, fold, unbeaten, bat, transverse, dismissal, dismissed, batting, runs, skate, slip, partnership, pitch, stick, pattern, overtime, hitting, lunch, score, unlimited, harper, harvey, leg, nose, caught, ashes, duck, patterns, miller, quick, lacrosse, maiden, delivery, folded, scored, foot, looked, radius, pair, possession, shots, shoulder, finger, net, interference, pavilion, nhl, test, throw, cricket, somerset, minutes, knee, morris, fell, struck, aggressive, facing, indies, penalty, scoring, syndrome, australia, falling, boundary, goal, angle, boundaries, collapse, parallel, put, run, skin, fast, attempting, hit, trouble.

Words that rhyme with crease:
piece, peace, increase, release, nice, niece, police, cease, lease, caprice, fleece, grease, decrease, obese, masterpiece, cerise, apiece, neice, legalese, decease, geese, mouthpiece, elise, greece, reese, vietnamese, timepiece, centerpiece, pease, luis, sublease, denise, maurice, aris, gees, eyepiece, altarpiece, tunis, showpiece, seis, suisse, rhys, neisse, viennese, reece, syntheses, elbow grease, devries, justice of the peace, greenpeace, bernice, crosspiece, leese, peece, breach of the peace, meese, set piece, speiss, tese, sangiovese, felice, golden fleece, press release, cece, chess piece, giese, patrice, preece, reise, at peace, neace, cleese, weise, meece, lollis, magness, yeas, clarisse, goose grease, maryse, clarice, riess, secret police, conversation piece, kiss of peace, denice, brocious, treece, wool grease, military police, neece, period piece, leise, make peace, spece, buice, disturbance of the peace, royal canadian mounted police, dease, pipe of peace.

Adjectives that are often used to describe crease:
distal, deep, single, proximal, simian, sharp, upper, inguinal, vertical, natural, horizontal, middle, thenar, diagonal, nasolabial, slight, submental, joint, lower, nasal, postauricular, digital, permanent, longitudinal, centre, palmar, interphalangeal, tiny, central, mental, extra, supratarsal, double, inframammary, faint, perfect, metacarpophalangeal, red, prominent, edge, popliteal, anterior, cheek, distinct, dark, medial, neat, posterior, front, popping, worried, radial, superior, shallow, straight, left, inferior, gluteal, thin, narrow, alar, lateral, submammary, soft, inner, oblique, opposite, malay, defined, top, marked, preauricular, parallel, bottom, intergluteal, allergic, visible, crisp, slightest, melolabial, firm, cervical, phalangeal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective crease:
resistance, incision, lines, pattern, edges, resistant, recovery, retention, line, wings, process, finish, position, card, patterns, resisting, papers, slacks, folds, paper, triangle, marks, fabrics.

Consonant match to crease:
cross, crass, cress, kris, chris, crosse, cris, criss, crouse, krauss, krause, kraus, cresc, cross-, kress, crace, kross, krouse, cros, cruce, kras, kriss, krass, kresse, krus, chriss, krausse, kreiss, kroese.

Words that sound like crease:
crease, cherise, cross, chris, caress, crass, kris, crys, cris, cress, criss, cros, crus, chriss, curries, cras, crosse, cres, crouse, krause, kraus, kriss, currys, krass, kross, creese, crace, krauss, kress, crees, krouse, crous, cruce, kras, kreis, chrys, krus, kresse, croise, creaze, creuse, crasse, cross-, curry's, kurus, greece, grease, grece, griess, curse, cries, cruise, curry, craze, crows, creeps, cruz, crews, cree, crea, creeks, creased, cruse, creaks, carouse, cruze, clarice, currie, cri, crise, caree, karisa, creo, creasy, creech, crase, curts, crose, currey, crays, charisse, cria, creach, kearse, creaser, craws, cuisse, crss, crio, creasey, crps, croze, karee, cretes, crx, kerse, courie, crisa, crts, croys.