| crease | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication | an angular or rounded shape made by folding.; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" |
| ~ pleat, plait | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape. |
| ~ angular shape, angularity | a shape having one or more sharp angles. |
| ~ twirl, kink, twist | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight. |
| ~ pucker, ruck | an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth). |
| n. (shape) | 2. crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" |
| ~ cutis, skin, tegument | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
| ~ imprint, impression, depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| ~ crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line | a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes. |
| ~ dermatoglyphic | the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet). |
| ~ frown line | a facial wrinkle associated with frowning. |
| ~ life line, lifeline, line of life | a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live. |
| ~ heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line | a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature. |
| ~ line of destiny, line of fate, line of saturn | a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. crease, creese, kris | a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade. |
| ~ dagger, sticker | a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing. |
| v. (contact) | 4. crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle | make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| ~ pucker, cockle, rumple, crumple, knit | to gather something into small wrinkles or folds.; "She puckered her lips" |
| ~ ruck, ruck up, pucker | become wrinkled or drawn together.; "her lips puckered" |
| v. (contact) | 5. crease, furrow, wrinkle | make wrinkled or creased.; "furrow one's brow" |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| v. (contact) | 6. crease, graze, rake | scrape gently.; "graze the skin" |
| ~ brush | touch lightly and briefly.; "He brushed the wall lightly" |
| ~ shave | touch the surface of lightly.; "His back shaved the counter in passing" |
| v. (change) | 7. crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.; "This fabric won't wrinkle" |
| ~ fold up, fold | become folded or folded up.; "The bed folds in a jiffy" |
| hunk | | |
| n. (person) | 1. hunk | a well-built sexually attractive man. |
| ~ adult male, man | an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman).; "there were two women and six men on the bus" |
| n. (object) | 2. hunk, lump | a large piece of something without definite shape.; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" |
| ~ nodule | (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment). |
| ~ nugget | a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth. |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| slice | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. piece, slice | a share of something.; "a slice of the company's revenue" |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| n. (food) | 2. piece, slice | a serving that has been cut from a larger portion.; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" |
| ~ helping, serving, portion | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" |
| ~ cutlet, escallop, scollop, scallop | thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled. |
| ~ fish filet, fish fillet, filet, fillet | a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish. |
| n. (state) | 3. cut, gash, slash, slice | a wound made by cutting.; "he put a bandage over the cut" |
| ~ wound, lesion | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin). |
| n. (act) | 4. fade, slice, slicing | a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" |
| ~ golf shot, golf stroke, swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it. |
| n. (object) | 5. slice | a thin flat piece cut off of some object. |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
| ~ section | a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope.; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. slice | a spatula for spreading paint or ink. |
| ~ spatula | a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances. |
| v. (contact) | 7. slice, slit | make a clean cut through.; "slit her throat" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 8. slice | hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (contact) | 9. slice, slice up | cut into slices.; "Slice the salami, please" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (competition) | 10. slice | hit a ball so that it causes a backspin. |
| ~ strike, hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" |
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