crease
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
a fold in the napkin
Types & categories
- angularity hypernym
- pleat hyponym
- twirl hyponym
- pucker hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
The dress got wrinkled
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- wrinkle derivation
Sense 3 noun
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
his face has many lines
Types & categories
- imprint hypernym
- laugh line hyponym
- dermatoglyphic hyponym
- frown line hyponym
- lifeline hyponym
- line of heart hyponym
- line of fate hyponym
Parts & wholes
- skin part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make wrinkled or creased
furrow one's brow
Types & categories
- fold hypernym
Related & opposite
- wrinkle derivation
Sense 5 noun
a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
Types & categories
- dagger hypernym
Sense 6 verb
scrape gently
graze the skin
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
This fabric won't wrinkle
Types & categories
- fold up hypernym
Related & opposite
- wrinkle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plicate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fold |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | twist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crimp |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bend |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | angularity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pleat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | twirl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pucker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fold |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pucker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruck |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crinkle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | line |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | furrow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crease |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rippled |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | skin |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | imprint |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | laugh line |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dermatoglyphic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frown line |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lifeline |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | line of heart |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | line of fate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fold |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dagger |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grazing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | grazing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | graze |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | brush |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | shave |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrinkle |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | fold up |