| NOUN | artifact | pleat, plait | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape |
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| VERB | contact | pleat, ruffle | pleat or gather into a ruffle |
| contact | pleat, plicate | fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" |
| Sounds | pliy't | |
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| Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... | |
| Meaning | Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape. | |
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| Synonym | plait | |
| Narrower | box pleat | A flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it |
| inverted pleat | A box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward | |
| kick pleat | pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking | |
| knife pleat | A single pleat turned in one direction | |
| tuck | A narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place | |
| Broader | fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend | An angular or rounded shape made by folding |
| Spanish | doblez, pliegue, plisado | |
| Catalan | plec | |
| Verbs | pleat | pleat or gather into a ruffle |
| Meaning | pleat or gather into a ruffle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | ruffle | |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Spanish | fruncir, plegar, plisar | |
| Nouns | pleat | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape |
| pleating | the act of folding in parallel folds | |
| Meaning | Fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth". | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | plicate | |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
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