crease
IPA: krˈis
noun
- A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
- (cricket) 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.
- (lacrosse) The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.
- (ice hockey, handball) The goal crease; an area in front of each goal.
- (Jamaica, slang) A crack.
- Archaic form of kris. [A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.]
verb
- (transitive) To make a crease in; to wrinkle.
- (intransitive) To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.
- (transitive) To lightly bloody; to graze.
- (UK, colloquial, intransitive or reflexive) To laugh.
- Archaic form of kris. [(transitive) To stab with a kris.]
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Examples of "crease" in Sentences
- The layouts were surrounded by the crease.
- The bulbous head has a vertical crease in front.
- Goaltenders are the only players permitted in the crease.
- In addition, simian crease is the entry name in Wikipedia.
- Harbhajan walked to the crease, and struck the winning runs.
- The creases are slightly different in this version of the campaign hat.
- Thankfully, due to that happening, the In the crease rule was abolished.
- That's a 400% profit in crease .... people are so ignorant ... it's sad.
- The crease is a zone in front of the goal mouth defined by lines on the ice.
- As a matter of fact, too much wrinkles and facial creases can make one look old.
- Jason Arnott made a back-handed pass sending the puck across the crease from the right circle.
- Guerin scored 2: 31 into the third, finishing off Doug Weight's pass across the crease from the right edge.
- If Bloomberg wanted to raise revenue with the tax in crease then what matters is whether total revenue is raised.
- He cut across the crease from the left side and put a backhander by the outstretched left pad of goalie Dan Cloutier.
- It is very clear that the rates of cancer in crease in the US are much faster than any possible genetic mutation of the species.
- Hemsky, slicing across the crease from the right side, batted the puck past the goalie's right shoulder, too quickly for Bryzgalov to react.
- Antropov tied it at 10: 39 when his pass to the crease from the side boards deep in Ottawa's end struck Chris Phillips 'skate and ricocheted past goaltender Martin Gerber.
- Before that goal could be announced, Sergei Fedorov tossed a pass through the crease from the left boards that Modin got his stick on and directed past a surprised McLennan.
- Now school-age girls can get "double eyelids" for 2000 yuan ($250) — a procedure favored by aspiring stars — where a crease is added to the eyelids to make the eyes appear larger.