uncrease

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ crease.

Verb[edit]

uncrease (third-person singular simple present uncreases, present participle uncreasing, simple past and past participle uncreased)

  1. (transitive) to remove the crease(s) from
    • 2011, Br. Spike Jonas, Using a Time Warp to Get it Right:
      I got up from my web seat after an hour to uncrease the marks in my back and buttocks.
    • 2015, Albert Podell, Around the World in 50 Years:
      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.