uncrease en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + crease.
Meanings
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(transitive) to remove the crease(s) from
I got up from my web seat after an hour to uncrease the marks in my back and buttocks.
2011, Br. Spike Jonas, Using a Time Warp to Get it Right:He jabbed at the crease I'd made through the center of the Great Leader's face and did his best to uncrease it, while scolding at me in Korean as if I were a horrid barbarian imperialist.
2015, Albert Podell, Around the World in 50 Years:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uncreased | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncreased | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| uncreasing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncreases | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |