† creasen.¹

Forms: Also Middle English crese, cres.

Etymology: < crease v.¹

Obsolete.

= increase n.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

waxingc1055

increasingc1340

increasec1374

echinga1382

creasing1398

augmentinga1400

alarginga1425

moringa1425

augmentc1425

incrementc1425

creasec1440

increasement1509

enlarginga1513

enlargement1564

amplification1569

accession1570

usury1576

enhancement1577

growth1587

creasement1592

accrease1598

crescence1602

improvement1607

excrement1608

majoration1626

heightening1629

auction1692

turgescence1806

outgrowth1837

steepening1868

prolating1919

upgrading1920

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 101 Crese, or increse..excrescencia.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 210/2 Crease, encrease, reuenues, augmentation.

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 1 The more it comes vnto the crease of yeres, The more it faylth.

1575 Art of Planting 13 In the crease of the Moone.

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creasen.²

Brit.

/kriːs/, U.S.

/kris/

Forms: Also 1500s creaste, 1600s creast.

Etymology: Origin and early history unknown. Goes with crease v.²; it does not appear whether the noun or the verb had priority. In the noun the spelling creast(e appears in the 16th and 17th centuries, but perhaps merely by confusion with crest, of which creast was a variant. The verb had from the beginning very frequently the form cress, which is the current form both of verb and noun in Scots. The spelling ea suggests French origin, as in cease, grease, lease, peace, please, etc. But no cognate French word has been found. The suggestions of connection with Breton krīz, crease, wrinkle, or German kraus, Middle High German krûs, must on obvious phonetic grounds be discarded.

I. A line or mark.

1. The line or mark produced on the surface of anything by folding; a furrow in a surface, such as is caused by folding; a fold, wrinkle, ridge. spec. in trousers.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease

rimpleeOE

frouncec1374

runklea1400

wrinklea1420

ruge?a1425

crimple1440

wreathc1440

wrimple1499

rumple?a1513

scrumple?a1513

wimple1513

crease1578

bag1587

crinkle1596

pucker1598

press1601

crumple1607

creasing1665

ruck1774

cramp1828

fold1840

ruckle1853

bumfle1867

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > crease

crease1897

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xl. 709 [Peach] a fleshy pulpe..in the middest whereof is a rough harde stone full of creastes and gutters.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 83 In the little furrows or creases of my skin.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 84 Having..a hollow Crease cut into it round about.

1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 20 Wove so extream thick, that it frets in the creasts under Men or Womens cloaths.

1705 London Gaz. No. 4144/4 A..Saddle Nag..with..a Crease on his near Shoulder.

a1745 J. Swift in Wks. IV. 251 An ivory knife, with a blunt edge..which cut it even..whereas a sharp penknife would go out of the crease, and disfigure the paper.

1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper III. i. 3 Never mind the creases in that blue frock of yours.

1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 13 Nov. 515/2 The same sort of young man,..the same crease down his new trousers.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 404 What a pairfact crease!

a. Cricket. The name of certain lines scratched or marked on the ground to define the positions of the bowler and batter.These are the bowling-crease, drawn in the line of each wicket, from behind which the bowler delivers the ball; return crease: see return n. Compounds 5; popping-crease: see popping crease n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > crease

crease1752

popping crease1752

scratch1772

return crease1774

1752 Game at Cricket in New Universal Mag. Nov. 581/1 The bowling-creases must be cut in a direct line from each stump.

1752 Game at Cricket in New Universal Mag. Nov. 581/1 The bowler must deliver the ball, with one foot behind the crease.

1848 Laws of Cricket in ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. 21 The Popping Crease must be four feet from the wicket and parallel to it, unlimited in length, but not shorter than the bowling crease.

1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) iii. i. i. §3. 667 If the striker at his wicket go outside the popping crease..the bowler may put him out.

1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 105 Within the return-crease..and behind the bowling-crease, the bowler must stand when he delivers the ball.

b. In ice hockey and lacrosse, the area marked out in front of the goal past which the players may not carry the puck or ball.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > lacrosse > [noun] > parts of pitch

bye1841

goal crease1868

crease1897

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > ice hockey > [noun] > playing area > area in front of goal

crease1897

point1953

1897 E. T. Sachs in Hockey & Lacrosse 94 (caption) Goal crease.

1962 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Dec. 33/3 Delvecchio scooped in Detroit's fourth goal with Bower trapped outside his crease from an earlier save.

1966 G. H. Evans & R. E. Anderson Lacrosse Fund. i. 22 There is usually a crease attack man assigned to play just in front of the circular crease with a 9-foot radius around the goal.

1968 J. Proudfoot Pro Hockey 119 The goalkeeper is granted a small protected area in front of his cage. This is called the crease.

1969 Rules Box Lacrosse (ed. 24) 3 The goal crease shall be in the shape of a circle having a radius of nine (9) feet from the centre of a straight line drawn between the goal posts.

II. Apparently error for crest n.¹

3. Architecture. A curved or ridge tile; = crest n.¹ 6.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > for ridge

roof tileeOE

rig-tile1327

ridge tile1382

crest1430

crest-tile1477

rigging stone1573

crease1703

ridgetop1761

ridge tiling1795

crown tile1823

comb1824

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 270 Crease..These are such Tiles as are us'd to cover the Ridge of a House; they being made..like a half Cylinder.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Crease, a curved tile. West.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 15/1 Crease, a ridge tile.

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4. dialect. ‘The top of a horse's neck’ (Halliwell); = crest n.¹ 8a.

Compounds

crease-resistant adj., applied to fabrics which by a process of manufacture are given greater ability to recover from creasing. Also crease-resist, crease-resisting, adjs.; crease-resistance.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > qualities of

wearing1549

unshrinkability1934

crease-resistance1935

stain-resistance1959

sewability1960

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > rendered crease-resistant

crease-resistant1935

1935 Times 16 Oct. 17/6 Made of yards and yards of crease resisting material.

1936 Brit. Pat. 449,243 1/1 It has..been proposed to condense urea and formaldehyde to form intermediate condensation products and to apply such products to textiles..for the purpose of obtaining crease resistant and recovery effects.

1947 Brit. Pat. 587,572 1/1 Textiles such as cloth..have..been treated with finishing compositions containing melamine–formaldehyde condensation products in order to impart crease-resistance, crush resistance [etc.].

1957 Textile Terms (ed. 3) 33 Crease-resist finish.

1957 Woman 16 Nov. 25/4 Cottons and rayons..that have been made crease-resistant.

1960 Guardian 8 July 6/6 One can see..how crease resistance is obtained.

1970 New Yorker 1 Aug. 28/1 The spirited styling of his..crease-resistant jacket.

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creasen.³

Malay dagger: see kris n.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

† creasev.¹

Forms: Middle English creese, creesse, cresce, Middle English crese, Middle English cresse, crece, Middle English–1600s crease.

Etymology: apparently aphetic form of acrese, accrease v., also found in sense of earlier encrese , increase v. A direct formation < creiss-, stem of Old French creistre to grow, is possible in some cases.

Obsolete.

= increase v.

a. intransitive.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)]

forthwaxa900

wax971

growOE

risec1175

anhigh1340

upwax1340

creasec1380

increasec1380

accreasea1382

augmenta1400

greata1400

mountc1400

morec1425

upgrowc1430

to run up1447

swell?c1450

add1533

accresce1535

gross1548

to get (a) head1577

amount1583

bolla1586

accrue1586

improve1638

aggrandize1647

accumulate1757

raise1761

heighten1803

replenish1814

to turn up1974

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)]

teemOE

tidderOE

breedc1200

felefolda1300

fructifya1325

creasec1380

multiplyc1390

engendera1400

fawn1481

procreate1576

propagate1601

generate1605

spawn1607

pullulate1618

populate1625

reproduce1650

prolify1660

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 148 Þe fame of Crist must creese.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 276 He..bad hem cresce and multiply.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. xix. 45 Alwaye as the trespaas..creasyth, Soo the payne creasyth also.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 227 As fatter lande wol crece and thrive.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 102 Cresyn or encresyn, accresco.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 130 My anger..creaseth more and more.

b. transitive.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)]

echeOE

ekec1200

multiplya1275

morea1300

increase13..

vaunce1303

enlargec1380

augmenta1400

accrease1402

alargea1425

amply?a1425

great?1440

hainc1440

creasec1475

grow1481

amplea1500

to get upa1500

improve1509

ampliatea1513

auge1542

over1546

amplify1549

raise1583

grand1602

swell1602

magnoperate1610

greaten1613

accresce1626

aggrandize1638

majoratea1651

adauge1657

protend1659

reinforce1660

examplify1677

pluralize1750

to drive up1817

to whoop up1856

to jack up1884

upbuild1890

steepen1909

up1934

c1475 Partenay 4262 Which ofte cressith hurt.

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creasev.²

Brit.

/kriːs/, U.S.

/kris/

Forms: Also 1500s–1800s cress.

Etymology: See crease n.²

a. transitive. To make a crease or creases in or on the surface of; to wrinkle; to fold in a crease.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease

frounce1390

frumple1398

crunklec1400

plighta1425

crinklec1430

crimple1440

rimple1440

rivel1543

wrinkle1543

crease1588

shrivel1609

befrumple1611

frowze1611

wrimple1611

pucker1616

furl1689

ruck1706

runkle1720

crink1821

furrow1853

crumple1858

ruckle1866

bumfle1911

1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fviij^v A leafe of paper..cressed in the middes.

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night C iv b The clearest spring a little tucht is creased wyth a thousand circles.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 9 They double all the Stuff..that is, they cresse it just through the middle of it, the whole length of the piece.

1824 J. Galt Rothelan I. ii. viii. 212 Seeing Sir Gabriel de Glowr cressing and cross-folding..the broidered vestments.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. iv. 34 The clean abrupt edge of the fractures..creased their [sc. the hills'] otherwise symmetrical outline.

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b. To cut deep furrows in the flesh (of mackerel, cod, etc.); to crimp. Cf. creasing n.² 3.

2. intransitive. To become creased, fall into creases.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > become corrugated [verb (intransitive)] > become wrinkled

rivelOE

snurpc1300

runklea1425

crumple?c1450

wrinkle1528

purse1597

pucker1598

crinklea1600

crimple1600

rumple1622

ruckle1695

ruck1758

crunkle1825

pocket1873

crease1876

full1889

concertina1918

furrow1961

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvii. 106 ‘The legs are good realistically’, said Hans, his face creasing drolly.

1893 N.E.D. at Crease Mod. A material that is apt to crease.

3. transitive. To stun (a horse, etc.) by a shot in the ‘crest’ or ridge of the neck. Also, to stun (a person); to kill; to exhaust physically; to crease it, to die. slang (originally U.S.).

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]

wearyc897

tirea1000

travailc1300

forwearya1325

taryc1375

tarc1440

matec1450

break1483

labour1496

overwearya1500

wear?1507

to wear out, forth1525

fatigate1535

stress1540

overtire1558

forwaste1563

to tire out1563

overwear1578

spend1582

out-tire1596

outwear1596

outweary1596

overspend1596

to toil out1596

attediate1603

bejade1620

lassate1623

harassa1626

overtask1628

tax1672

hag1674

trash1685

hatter1687

overtax1692

fatigue1693

to knock up1740

tire to death1740

overfatigue1741

fag1774

outdo1776

to do over1789

to use up1790

jade1798

overdo1817

frazzlea1825

worry1828

to sew up1837

to wear to death1840

to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847

gruel1850

to stump up1853

exhaust1860

finish1864

peter1869

knacker1886

grind1887

tew1893

crease1925

poop1931

raddle1951

the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]

swevec725

quelmeOE

slayc893

quelleOE

of-falleOE

ofslayeOE

aquellc950

ayeteeOE

spillc950

beliveOE

to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE

fordoa1000

forfarea1000

asweveOE

drepeOE

forleseOE

martyrOE

to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE

bringc1175

off-quellc1175

quenchc1175

forswelta1225

adeadc1225

to bring of daysc1225

to do to deathc1225

to draw (a person) to deathc1225

murder?c1225

aslayc1275

forferec1275

to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275

martyrc1300

strangle1303

destroya1325

misdoa1325

killc1330

tailc1330

to take the life of (also fro)c1330

enda1340

to kill to (into, unto) death1362

brittena1375

deadc1374

to ding to deathc1380

mortifya1382

perisha1387

to dight to death1393

colea1400

fella1400

kill out (away, down, up)a1400

to slay up or downa1400

swelta1400

voida1400

deliverc1400

starvec1425

jugylc1440

morta1450

to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480

to put offc1485

to-slaya1500

to make away with1502

to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503

rida1513

to put downa1525

to hang out of the way1528

dispatch?1529

strikea1535

occidea1538

to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540

to fling to deathc1540

extinct1548

to make out of the way1551

to fet offa1556

to cut offc1565

to make away?1566

occise1575

spoil1578

senda1586

to put away1588

exanimate1593

unmortalize1593

speed1594

unlive1594

execute1597

dislive1598

extinguish1598

to lay along1599

to make hence1605

conclude1606

kill off1607

disanimate1609

feeze1609

to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611

to kill dead1615

transporta1616

spatch1616

to take off1619

mactate1623

to make meat of1632

to turn up1642

inanimate1647

pop1649

enecate1657

cadaverate1658

expedite1678

to make dog's meat of1679

to make mincemeat of1709

sluice1749

finisha1753

royna1770

still1778

do1780

deaden1807

deathifyc1810

to lay out1829

cool1833

to use up1833

puckeroo1840

to rub out1840

cadaverize1841

to put under the sod1847

suicide1852

outkill1860

to fix1875

to put under1879

corpse1884

stiffen1888

tip1891

to do away with1899

to take out1900

stretch1902

red-light1906

huff1919

to knock rotten1919

skittle1919

liquidate1924

clip1927

to set over1931

creasea1935

ice1941

lose1942

to put to sleep1942

zap1942

to take down1967

wax1968

trash1973

ace1975

the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]

forsweltc888

sweltc888

adeadeOE

deadc950

wendeOE

i-wite971

starveOE

witea1000

forfereOE

forthfareOE

forworthc1000

to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE

queleOE

fallOE

to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE

to shed (one's own) blood?a1100

diec1135

endc1175

farec1175

to give up the ghostc1175

letc1200

aswelta1250

leavea1250

to-sweltc1275

to-worthc1275

to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290

finea1300

spilla1300

part?1316

to leese one's life-daysa1325

to nim the way of deathc1325

to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330

flit1340

trance1340

determinec1374

disperisha1382

to go the way of all the eartha1382

to be gathered to one's fathers1382

miscarryc1387

shut1390

goa1393

to die upa1400

expirea1400

fleea1400

to pass awaya1400

to seek out of lifea1400–50

to sye hethena1400

tinea1400

trespass14..

espirec1430

to end one's days?a1439

decease1439

to go away?a1450

ungoc1450

unlivec1450

to change one's lifea1470

vade1495

depart1501

to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513

to decease this world1515

to go over?1520

jet1530

vade1530

to go westa1532

to pick over the perch1532

galpa1535

to die the death1535

to depart to God1548

to go home1561

mort1568

inlaikc1575

shuffle1576

finish1578

to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587

relent1587

unbreathe1589

transpass1592

to lose one's breath1596

to make a die (of it)1611

to go offa1616

fail1623

to go out1635

to peak over the percha1641

exita1652

drop1654

to knock offa1657

to kick upa1658

to pay nature her due1657

ghost1666

to march off1693

to die off1697

pike1697

to drop off1699

tip (over) the perch1699

to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703

sink1718

vent1718

to launch into eternity1719

to join the majority1721

demise1727

to pack off1735

to slip one's cable1751

turf1763

to move off1764

to pop off the hooks1764

to hop off1797

to pass on1805

to go to glory1814

sough1816

to hand in one's accounts1817

to slip one's breatha1819

croak1819

to slip one's wind1819

stiffen1820

weed1824

buy1825

to drop short1826

to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839

to get one's (also the) call1839

to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840

to unreeve one's lifeline1840

to step out1844

to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845

to hand in one's checks1845

to go off the handle1848

to go under1848

succumb1849

to turn one's toes up1851

to peg out1852

walk1858

snuff1864

to go or be up the flume1865

to pass outc1867

to cash in one's chips1870

to go (also pass over) to the majority1883

to cash in1884

to cop it1884

snuff1885

to belly up1886

perch1886

to kick the bucket1889

off1890

to knock over1892

to pass over1897

to stop one1901

to pass in1904

to hand in one's marble1911

the silver cord is loosed1911

pip1913

to cross over1915

conk1917

to check out1921

to kick off1921

to pack up1925

to step off1926

to take the ferry1928

peg1931

to meet one's Maker1933

to kiss off1935

to crease it1959

zonk1968

cark1977

to cark it1979

to take a dirt nap1981

1807 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi ii. 159 We fired at a black horse, with an idea of creasing him.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xli. 58 We would try the experiment of ‘creasing’ one [buffalo]..which is done by shooting them through the gristle on the top of the neck, which stuns them so that they fall.

1909 R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 46 ‘Where was you hit, Jabez?’ I sez, ‘I was creased—I was creased the same as they crease a mustang.’

1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy vii. 119 The drawing bar-tender,..dazed from shock of a ball that ‘creased’ his head.

1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy x. 162 They creased you!

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 66 To be creased, fainted. Laid out.

1934 ‘D. Hume’ Too Dangerous to Live x. 109 One of you has got to crease a watchman—just a tap to make him dumb for half an hour.

a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) ii. xvi. 142 Cunninghame threatened..to crease us tomorrow.

1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid vi. 61 If he hit him hard, he'd probably crease him... He'd get topped for that.

1959 J. Braine Vodi iv. 75 The lovable old character who can tell who's going to crease it before even the doctors do.

1962 D. Warner Death of Bogey i. viii. 51 Christ..you creased him... It's a topping job.

1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 60 I'm dead creased, I am very tired.

Draft additions October 2009

British colloquial. Cf. to crack up at crack v. Additions.

a. intransitive. Chiefly with up. To become helpless with laughter; to laugh uproariously. Also transitive (reflexive).

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1922 M. Webb Seven for Secret xvii. 169 Fringal pocketed the money, nodded, creased up with laughter, turned to go.

1954 G. Smith Flaw in Crystal xvi. 162 You both creased yourselves laughing at my suggestion that she should take over his column.

1973 D. Gallagher tr. P. D. La Rochelle Comedy of Charleroi 194 My misunderstandings made him crease up with laughter. And seeing him creased up made me crease up.

1982 B. Chatwin On Black Hill vi. 33 The cripple creased with laughter at the absurdity of the idea.

1985 Guardian 16 Mar. 20/1 My opening line was ‘Who needs an enema when you're doing a radio programme,’ and I meant it. The producer really creased up.

2001 A. Bissett Boyracers 96 That Frannie laugh up ahead. Like Bucks fizz over a barbecue at a mate's house. One of the girls—Caroline?—creasing herself.

b. transitive. With up. To cause to become helpless with laughter; to amuse greatly.

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1963 F. Harvey Norman ii. 29 I don't know now what was so funny about it, but it really tickled your dad... It really creased him up.

1981 Observer 1 Mar. 35/1 His sour schoolmaster, a derivative routine that continues to crease me up.

1990 Independent on Sunday 21 Oct. 17/4 He's trying to say hello in Italian and he says goodbye in Spanish—it creases me up every time.

1997 J. Wilson Lottie Project (1998) 119 The mere thought of Jamie Edwards acting lovey-dovey was enough to crease me up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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单词	crease
释义	† creasen.¹ Forms: Also Middle English crese, cres. Etymology: < crease v.¹ Obsolete. = increase n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waxingc1055 increasingc1340 increasec1374 echinga1382 creasing1398 augmentinga1400 alarginga1425 moringa1425 augmentc1425 incrementc1425 creasec1440 increasement1509 enlarginga1513 enlargement1564 amplification1569 accession1570 usury1576 enhancement1577 growth1587 creasement1592 accrease1598 crescence1602 improvement1607 excrement1608 majoration1626 heightening1629 auction1692 turgescence1806 outgrowth1837 steepening1868 prolating1919 upgrading1920 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 101 Crese, or increse..excrescencia. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 210/2 Crease, encrease, reuenues, augmentation. 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 1 The more it comes vnto the crease of yeres, The more it faylth. 1575 Art of Planting 13 In the crease of the Moone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). creasen.² Brit. /kriːs/, U.S. /kris/ Forms: Also 1500s creaste, 1600s creast. Etymology: Origin and early history unknown. Goes with crease v.²; it does not appear whether the noun or the verb had priority. In the noun the spelling creast(e appears in the 16th and 17th centuries, but perhaps merely by confusion with crest, of which creast was a variant. The verb had from the beginning very frequently the form cress, which is the current form both of verb and noun in Scots. The spelling ea suggests French origin, as in cease, grease, lease, peace, please, etc. But no cognate French word has been found. The suggestions of connection with Breton krīz, crease, wrinkle, or German kraus, Middle High German krûs, must on obvious phonetic grounds be discarded. I. A line or mark. 1. The line or mark produced on the surface of anything by folding; a furrow in a surface, such as is caused by folding; a fold, wrinkle, ridge. spec. in trousers. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease rimpleeOE frouncec1374 runklea1400 wrinklea1420 ruge?a1425 crimple1440 wreathc1440 wrimple1499 rumple?a1513 scrumple?a1513 wimple1513 crease1578 bag1587 crinkle1596 pucker1598 press1601 crumple1607 creasing1665 ruck1774 cramp1828 fold1840 ruckle1853 bumfle1867 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > crease crease1897 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xl. 709 [Peach] a fleshy pulpe..in the middest whereof is a rough harde stone full of creastes and gutters. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 83 In the little furrows or creases of my skin. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 84 Having..a hollow Crease cut into it round about. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 20 Wove so extream thick, that it frets in the creasts under Men or Womens cloaths. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4144/4 A..Saddle Nag..with..a Crease on his near Shoulder. a1745 J. Swift in Wks. IV. 251 An ivory knife, with a blunt edge..which cut it even..whereas a sharp penknife would go out of the crease, and disfigure the paper. 1865 M. E. Braddon Sir Jasper III. i. 3 Never mind the creases in that blue frock of yours. 1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 13 Nov. 515/2 The same sort of young man,..the same crease down his new trousers. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 404 What a pairfact crease! 2. a. Cricket. The name of certain lines scratched or marked on the ground to define the positions of the bowler and batter.These are the bowling-crease, drawn in the line of each wicket, from behind which the bowler delivers the ball; return crease: see return n. Compounds 5; popping-crease: see popping crease n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > crease crease1752 popping crease1752 scratch1772 return crease1774 1752 Game at Cricket in New Universal Mag. Nov. 581/1 The bowling-creases must be cut in a direct line from each stump. 1752 Game at Cricket in New Universal Mag. Nov. 581/1 The bowler must deliver the ball, with one foot behind the crease. 1848 Laws of Cricket in ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. 21 The Popping Crease must be four feet from the wicket and parallel to it, unlimited in length, but not shorter than the bowling crease. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) iii. i. i. §3. 667 If the striker at his wicket go outside the popping crease..the bowler may put him out. 1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 105 Within the return-crease..and behind the bowling-crease, the bowler must stand when he delivers the ball. b. In ice hockey and lacrosse, the area marked out in front of the goal past which the players may not carry the puck or ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > lacrosse > [noun] > parts of pitch bye1841 goal crease1868 crease1897 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > ice hockey > [noun] > playing area > area in front of goal crease1897 point1953 1897 E. T. Sachs in Hockey & Lacrosse 94 (caption) Goal crease. 1962 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Dec. 33/3 Delvecchio scooped in Detroit's fourth goal with Bower trapped outside his crease from an earlier save. 1966 G. H. Evans & R. E. Anderson Lacrosse Fund. i. 22 There is usually a crease attack man assigned to play just in front of the circular crease with a 9-foot radius around the goal. 1968 J. Proudfoot Pro Hockey 119 The goalkeeper is granted a small protected area in front of his cage. This is called the crease. 1969 Rules Box Lacrosse (ed. 24) 3 The goal crease shall be in the shape of a circle having a radius of nine (9) feet from the centre of a straight line drawn between the goal posts. II. Apparently error for crest n.¹ 3. Architecture. A curved or ridge tile; = crest n.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > for ridge roof tileeOE rig-tile1327 ridge tile1382 crest1430 crest-tile1477 rigging stone1573 crease1703 ridgetop1761 ridge tiling1795 crown tile1823 comb1824 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 270 Crease..These are such Tiles as are us'd to cover the Ridge of a House; they being made..like a half Cylinder. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Crease, a curved tile. West. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 15/1 Crease, a ridge tile. Categories » 4. dialect. ‘The top of a horse's neck’ (Halliwell); = crest n.¹ 8a. Compounds crease-resistant adj., applied to fabrics which by a process of manufacture are given greater ability to recover from creasing. Also crease-resist, crease-resisting, adjs.; crease-resistance. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > qualities of wearing1549 unshrinkability1934 crease-resistance1935 stain-resistance1959 sewability1960 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > rendered crease-resistant crease-resistant1935 1935 Times 16 Oct. 17/6 Made of yards and yards of crease resisting material. 1936 Brit. Pat. 449,243 1/1 It has..been proposed to condense urea and formaldehyde to form intermediate condensation products and to apply such products to textiles..for the purpose of obtaining crease resistant and recovery effects. 1947 Brit. Pat. 587,572 1/1 Textiles such as cloth..have..been treated with finishing compositions containing melamine–formaldehyde condensation products in order to impart crease-resistance, crush resistance [etc.]. 1957 Textile Terms (ed. 3) 33 Crease-resist finish. 1957 Woman 16 Nov. 25/4 Cottons and rayons..that have been made crease-resistant. 1960 Guardian 8 July 6/6 One can see..how crease resistance is obtained. 1970 New Yorker 1 Aug. 28/1 The spirited styling of his..crease-resistant jacket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). creasen.³ Malay dagger: see kris n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). † creasev.¹ Forms: Middle English creese, creesse, cresce, Middle English crese, Middle English cresse, crece, Middle English–1600s crease. Etymology: apparently aphetic form of acrese, accrease v., also found in sense of earlier encrese , increase v. A direct formation < creiss-, stem of Old French creistre to grow, is possible in some cases. Obsolete. = increase v. a. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] forthwaxa900 wax971 growOE risec1175 anhigh1340 upwax1340 creasec1380 increasec1380 accreasea1382 augmenta1400 greata1400 mountc1400 morec1425 upgrowc1430 to run up1447 swell?c1450 add1533 accresce1535 gross1548 to get (a) head1577 amount1583 bolla1586 accrue1586 improve1638 aggrandize1647 accumulate1757 raise1761 heighten1803 replenish1814 to turn up1974 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (intransitive)] teemOE tidderOE breedc1200 felefolda1300 fructifya1325 creasec1380 multiplyc1390 engendera1400 fawn1481 procreate1576 propagate1601 generate1605 spawn1607 pullulate1618 populate1625 reproduce1650 prolify1660 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 148 Þe fame of Crist must creese. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 276 He..bad hem cresce and multiply. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. xix. 45 Alwaye as the trespaas..creasyth, Soo the payne creasyth also. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 227 As fatter lande wol crece and thrive. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 102 Cresyn or encresyn, accresco. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 130 My anger..creaseth more and more. b. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] echeOE ekec1200 multiplya1275 morea1300 increase13.. vaunce1303 enlargec1380 augmenta1400 accrease1402 alargea1425 amply?a1425 great?1440 hainc1440 creasec1475 grow1481 amplea1500 to get upa1500 improve1509 ampliatea1513 auge1542 over1546 amplify1549 raise1583 grand1602 swell1602 magnoperate1610 greaten1613 accresce1626 aggrandize1638 majoratea1651 adauge1657 protend1659 reinforce1660 examplify1677 pluralize1750 to drive up1817 to whoop up1856 to jack up1884 upbuild1890 steepen1909 up1934 c1475 Partenay 4262 Which ofte cressith hurt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). creasev.² Brit. /kriːs/, U.S. /kris/ Forms: Also 1500s–1800s cress. Etymology: See crease n.² 1. a. transitive. To make a crease or creases in or on the surface of; to wrinkle; to fold in a crease. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease frounce1390 frumple1398 crunklec1400 plighta1425 crinklec1430 crimple1440 rimple1440 rivel1543 wrinkle1543 crease1588 shrivel1609 befrumple1611 frowze1611 wrimple1611 pucker1616 furl1689 ruck1706 runkle1720 crink1821 furrow1853 crumple1858 ruckle1866 bumfle1911 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fviij^v A leafe of paper..cressed in the middes. 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night C iv b The clearest spring a little tucht is creased wyth a thousand circles. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 9 They double all the Stuff..that is, they cresse it just through the middle of it, the whole length of the piece. 1824 J. Galt Rothelan I. ii. viii. 212 Seeing Sir Gabriel de Glowr cressing and cross-folding..the broidered vestments. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. iv. 34 The clean abrupt edge of the fractures..creased their [sc. the hills'] otherwise symmetrical outline. Thesaurus » Categories » b. To cut deep furrows in the flesh (of mackerel, cod, etc.); to crimp. Cf. creasing n.² 3. 2. intransitive. To become creased, fall into creases. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > become corrugated [verb (intransitive)] > become wrinkled rivelOE snurpc1300 runklea1425 crumple?c1450 wrinkle1528 purse1597 pucker1598 crinklea1600 crimple1600 rumple1622 ruckle1695 ruck1758 crunkle1825 pocket1873 crease1876 full1889 concertina1918 furrow1961 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvii. 106 ‘The legs are good realistically’, said Hans, his face creasing drolly. 1893 N.E.D. at Crease Mod. A material that is apt to crease. 3. transitive. To stun (a horse, etc.) by a shot in the ‘crest’ or ridge of the neck. Also, to stun (a person); to kill; to exhaust physically; to crease it, to die. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] wearyc897 tirea1000 travailc1300 forwearya1325 taryc1375 tarc1440 matec1450 break1483 labour1496 overwearya1500 wear?1507 to wear out, forth1525 fatigate1535 stress1540 overtire1558 forwaste1563 to tire out1563 overwear1578 spend1582 out-tire1596 outwear1596 outweary1596 overspend1596 to toil out1596 attediate1603 bejade1620 lassate1623 harassa1626 overtask1628 tax1672 hag1674 trash1685 hatter1687 overtax1692 fatigue1693 to knock up1740 tire to death1740 overfatigue1741 fag1774 outdo1776 to do over1789 to use up1790 jade1798 overdo1817 frazzlea1825 worry1828 to sew up1837 to wear to death1840 to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847 gruel1850 to stump up1853 exhaust1860 finish1864 peter1869 knacker1886 grind1887 tew1893 crease1925 poop1931 raddle1951 the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 1807 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi ii. 159 We fired at a black horse, with an idea of creasing him. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xli. 58 We would try the experiment of ‘creasing’ one [buffalo]..which is done by shooting them through the gristle on the top of the neck, which stuns them so that they fall. 1909 R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 46 ‘Where was you hit, Jabez?’ I sez, ‘I was creased—I was creased the same as they crease a mustang.’ 1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy vii. 119 The drawing bar-tender,..dazed from shock of a ball that ‘creased’ his head. 1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy x. 162 They creased you! 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 66 To be creased, fainted. Laid out. 1934 ‘D. Hume’ Too Dangerous to Live x. 109 One of you has got to crease a watchman—just a tap to make him dumb for half an hour. a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) ii. xvi. 142 Cunninghame threatened..to crease us tomorrow. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid vi. 61 If he hit him hard, he'd probably crease him... He'd get topped for that. 1959 J. Braine Vodi iv. 75 The lovable old character who can tell who's going to crease it before even the doctors do. 1962 D. Warner Death of Bogey i. viii. 51 Christ..you creased him... It's a topping job. 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 60 I'm dead creased, I am very tired. Draft additions October 2009 British colloquial. Cf. to crack up at crack v. Additions. a. intransitive. Chiefly with up. To become helpless with laughter; to laugh uproariously. Also transitive (reflexive). ΚΠ 1922 M. Webb Seven for Secret xvii. 169 Fringal pocketed the money, nodded, creased up with laughter, turned to go. 1954 G. Smith Flaw in Crystal xvi. 162 You both creased yourselves laughing at my suggestion that she should take over his column. 1973 D. Gallagher tr. P. D. La Rochelle Comedy of Charleroi 194 My misunderstandings made him crease up with laughter. And seeing him creased up made me crease up. 1982 B. Chatwin On Black Hill vi. 33 The cripple creased with laughter at the absurdity of the idea. 1985 Guardian 16 Mar. 20/1 My opening line was ‘Who needs an enema when you're doing a radio programme,’ and I meant it. The producer really creased up. 2001 A. Bissett Boyracers 96 That Frannie laugh up ahead. Like Bucks fizz over a barbecue at a mate's house. One of the girls—Caroline?—creasing herself. b. transitive. With up. To cause to become helpless with laughter; to amuse greatly. ΚΠ 1963 F. Harvey Norman ii. 29 I don't know now what was so funny about it, but it really tickled your dad... It really creased him up. 1981 Observer 1 Mar. 35/1 His sour schoolmaster, a derivative routine that continues to crease me up. 1990 Independent on Sunday 21 Oct. 17/4 He's trying to say hello in Italian and he says goodbye in Spanish—it creases me up every time. 1997 J. Wilson Lottie Project (1998) 119 The mere thought of Jamie Edwards acting lovey-dovey was enough to crease me up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1440n.²1578n.³v.¹c1380v.²1588
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