creped
- 1Simple past and past participle of crepe.
She creped the mourning hall in heavy black drapery.
The actor creped his beard to look decades older.
Note
The past adds only -d, because crepe already ends in a silent e, and one spelling serves both the simple past and the participle. Every use of the verb takes an object: a hall creped in black, paper creped to look like crepe paper, hair creped into a frizz. That is why the participle so often turns up in passives, and before a noun it shades into the "wrinkled" adjective.
- 2Having a surface marked by small, crinkly wrinkles.
Like the pebbled surface of crepe fabric, covered in fine, regular crinkles.
The dress was made from a soft, creped material that fell in gentle ripples.
His weathered, creped hands betrayed a lifetime of outdoor work.
Similarcrinkled, wrinkled, crinkly
Oppositesmooth
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creped is a form of crepe
crepe, verb: To cover or drape something in crepe. Full entry
- Spelling
- crepe → creped: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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