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as in furrow
a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface rolling, rather than folding, your clothes when you pack will usually prevent a lot of creases

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verb

as in to furrow
to develop creases or folds her face creased with worry

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Noun
This method will minimize creases and save suitcase space. Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2025 Items that belong in the dresser can be a little trickier, but rolling these items instead of folding them can help avoid creases. Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
The bra cups need to encase all of the breast tissue and mold to your breast shape, with no spillage or creasing in the cup. Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025 Twenty-five miles of trail-less, wild terrain, cut with creeks and rivers and creased in ridges and valleys, stood between them and the mountain before the true climbing even began. Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crease
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Noun
  • Eyes dart, brows furrow, and Holliday lets slip a slight grin, before skinning that smoke wagon and firing one shot into Ringo’s forehead.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Where there once were homes and gardens was now a wide furrow of dirt, as if a giant had swiped his foot across it.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Office-appropriate pants that feel like sweats and don’t wrinkle?
    Clint Davis, People.com, 13 May 2025
  • His widow’s peak is perhaps the most pronounced it’s ever been; he’s got a scar on his chest suggesting surgery after a heart attack; the tighty-whities in which Husk walks around his lonely motel room are wrinkled and faded.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 May 2025

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