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All pleat synonyms

pleat
P p

verb pleat

  • corrugate β€” to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
  • crease β€” Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded.
  • crisped β€” (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
  • dog-eared β€” having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
  • fold β€” to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
  • double up β€” twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • frizz β€” the state of being frizzed.
  • cockled β€” Simple past tense and past participle of cockle.
  • dogeared β€” (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
  • double β€” twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • frizzed β€” the state of being frizzed.
  • furrowed β€” a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
  • frizzing β€” the state of being frizzed.
  • kilt β€” any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
  • crimp β€” If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
  • dualize β€” to make dual.
  • crimple β€” to crumple, wrinkle, or curl
  • crimpled β€” simple past tense and past participle of crimple.
  • grooved β€” simple past tense and past participle of groove.
  • flute β€” a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
  • crimpling β€” present participle of crimple.
  • fluted β€” fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike: fluted notes.
  • dog-ear β€” (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
  • fluting β€” a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
  • grooving β€” a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.

noun pleat

  • crowfoot β€” any of several plants of the genus Ranunculus, such as R. sceleratus and R. aquatilis (water crowfoot) that have yellow or white flowers and divided leaves resembling the foot of a crow
  • flection β€” the act of bending.
  • gather β€” to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
  • wrinkle β€” an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
  • flexure β€” the act of flexing or bending.
  • lapel β€” either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
  • flounce β€” to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
  • gusset β€” a small, triangular piece of material inserted into a shirt, shoe, etc., to improve the fit or for reinforcement. Compare godet (def 1), gore3 (def 1).
  • knife edge β€” the cutting edge of a knife.
  • crow's-foot β€” a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye
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