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creasing
crease C0733400 (krēs)n.1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.2. Sports a. 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.b. In lacrosse, the circle marked around the goal into which offensive players cannot enter.c. One of the lines in cricket marking off the positions of the bowler and batter or the space between two of these lines.v. creased, creas·ing, creas·es v.tr.1. To make a pressed, folded, or wrinkled line in.2. To graze or wound superficially with a bullet.v.intr. To become wrinkled.
[Alteration of creaste, perhaps from Middle English creste, ridge; see crest.]
crease′less adj.crease′proof′ adj.creas′er n.creas′y adj.IdiomsSeecreasecreasing
creasing1. One or more courses of tiles or bricks laid upon the top of a wall or chimney with a projection of 1 to 2 in. (2.5 to 5 cm) for each course over the one below, to throw off water; if there is coping, it is placed above the creasing. Also called a creasing course, tile creasing.2. A layer of slates or of metal over a projecting string-course or window cap, serving as a flashing to prevent the infiltration of moisture. |