Creased

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /kɹiːst/

Definitions

1. Characterized by marked lines or folds created through the act of bending, often seen in various textiles or paper products
2. Indicating a surface exhibiting indentations resulting from pressure or the process of folding, typically in fabric or sheets
3. Marked by lines or wrinkles that form when material is bent or pressed

Etymology: "Creased" is the past form of "crease," and the verb's history is a surprise: it grew out of "crest," the word for the top of a hill or the ridge along a wave or a helmet. The Middle English "crest" meant a ridge or crest, and "creast" was an earlier English form of the same idea. A crease is therefore, at root, a raised line, the sort of ridge that a fold leaves behind when paper or cloth is bent over. The shift from peak to fold happened gradually. A ridge formed by pressing or doubling fabric looks much like a crest, so the older word for a raised edge came to name the line that bending leaves in a surface. The verb "crease" followed from that noun, and "creased" simply marks the result: a sheet or garment that has been folded and now carries those lines.

Synonyms: wrinkled, folded, crumpled

Antonyms: smooth, flat