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RELATED WORDS : box pleat inverted pleat kick pleat knife pleat sunburst pleat sunray pleat

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Pleat has 1 sense

• pleat(n = noun.artifact) plait - any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape; Array
has particulars: box pleat, inverted pleat, kick pleat, knife pleat, tuck
is a kind of bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication
Derived form verb pleat₁

Verb Pleat has 2 senses

• pleat(v = verb.contact) ruffle - pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Derived forms noun pleat₁, noun pleating₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• pleat(v = verb.contact) plicate - fold into pleats,; "Pleat the cloth"
is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

Pleat

accordion pleat, aqueduct, box pleat, canal, canalization, canalize, carve, chamfer, channel, chisel, corrugate, crack, crease, crimp, crisp, cut, dado, dike, ditch, dog-ear, double, double over, enfold, engrave, entrenchment, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, fosse, frill, furrow, gash, gather, goffer, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, ha-ha, incise, infold, interfold, kennel, knife pleat, lap over, moat, plait, plat, plicate, plow, ply, quill, rabbet, rifle, ruff, ruffle, rut, score, scratch, slit, streak, striate, sunk fence, trench, trough, tuck, turn over, twill, wrinkle

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Pleat

Fold

N fold, plicature, plait, pleat, ply, crease, tuck, gather, flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel, pucker, crow's feet, plication, folded, fluted, pleated.

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