Word

crease, n.
(creases)

a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
<noun.artifact>

crease creese kris

semantic pointers

hypernym

a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
<noun.shape> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4

crease crinkle furrow line seam wrinkle

sample sentences

"his face has many lines"
"ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

line

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wrinkle wrinkle wrinkle wrinkle

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

furrow

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

crease crease crease

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

crinkly crinkle crinkle

semantic pointers

part holonym

skin, tegument, cutis

hypernym

depression, impression, imprint

hyponym

crow's foot, crow's feet, laugh line dermatoglyphic frown line line of life, life line, lifeline line of heart, heart line, love line, mensal line line of fate, line of destiny, line of Saturn

an angular or rounded shape made by folding
<noun.shape> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

bend crease crimp flexure fold plication

sample sentences

"a fold in the napkin"
"a crease in his trousers"
"a plication on her blouse"
"a flexure of the colon"
"a bend of his elbow"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

fold

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

plicate

lexical pointers

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flex

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crimp

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bend bend

semantic pointers

hyponym

pleat, plait kink, twist, twirl pucker, ruck

hypernym

angular shape, angularity