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PLEAT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

Synonyms:

plait; pleat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pleat" is a kind of...):

bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication (an angular or rounded shape made by folding)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pleat"):

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)

Derivation:

pleat (pleat or gather into a ruffle)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fold into pleats

Example:

Pleat the cloth

Synonyms:

pleat; plicate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pleat" is one way to...):

fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pleat or gather into a ruffle

Example:

ruffle the curtain fabric

Synonyms:

pleat; ruffle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pleat" is one way to...):

fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

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)

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