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crepe

/kɹeɪp/ verb C2
  1. To cover in crepe. (transitive)
  2. To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper (transitive)
  3. To frizz (the hair). (transitive)

He/she/it crepes · Past creped · Past participle creped · -ing form creping

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Verb forms

Base form
crepe
He/she/it
crepes
Past
creped
Past participle
creped
-ing form
creping

From the library

Cloth of gold for coverlet there was none, but an old piano scarf of yellow Japanese crepe was an excellent substitute.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 222 · C1
There was no help for it; Anne, clinging to Gilbert Blythe’s hand, scrambled down into the dory, where she sat, drabbled and furious, in the stern with her arms full of dripping shawl and wet crepe.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 226 · C1

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