"creasy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɹiːsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɹisi/ [General-American] Forms: creasier [comparative], creasiest [superlative]
Etymology: From crease + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|crease|y}} crease + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} creasy (comparative creasier, superlative creasiest)
  1. Full of creases. Translations (Full of creases): набръчкан (nabrǎčkan) (Bulgarian), смачкан (smačkan) (Bulgarian), con pliegues (Spanish), arrugado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-creasy-en-adj-gqz~AMc4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'Full of creases': 97 3
  2. (mainly Southern US) Denoting any of several related species of edible, commonly wild, greens, especially upland cress or winter cress. Tags: Southern-US, mainly
    Sense id: en-creasy-en-adj-BrCROCa3

Inflected forms

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